λατρεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰτρεύω (latreúō).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.trěː.aː/ → /laˈtri.a/ → /laˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.trěː.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈtri.a/

Noun

λᾰτρείᾱ • (latreíā) f (genitive λᾰτρείᾱς); first declension

1. service
2. worship

Declension

First declension of ἡ λᾰτρείᾱ; τῆς λᾰτρείᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ λᾰτρείᾱ hē latreíā	τὼ λᾰτρείᾱ tṑ latreíā	αἱ λᾰτρεῖαι hai latreîai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰτρείᾱς tês latreíās	τοῖν λᾰτρείαιν toîn latreíain	τῶν λᾰτρειῶν tôn latreiôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰτρείᾳ têi latreíāi	λᾰτρείαιν latreíain	ταῖς λᾰτρείαις taîs latreíais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰτρείᾱν tḕn latreíān	λᾰτρείᾱ latreíā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰτρείᾱς tā̀s latreíās
Vocative	λᾰτρείᾱ latreíā	λᾰτρείᾱ latreíā	λᾰτρεῖαι latreîai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• English: -latry
• Latin: latrīa

Further reading

• λατρεία in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λατρεία in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• λατρεία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2999 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • attendance idem, page 51.
  • hired service idem, page 401.
  • service idem, page 755.
  • worship idem, page 990.

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Greek

Noun

λατρεία • (latreía) f

1. adoration, loving devotion
2. darling, the person whom one adores
3. worship
4. a cult

Declension

declension of λατρεία

	singular	plural
nominative	λατρεία •	λατρείες •
genitive	λατρείας •	λατρειών •
accusative	λατρεία •	λατρείες •
vocative	λατρεία •	λατρείες •

Related terms

• λάτρης m (látris, “worshipper”)
• λάτρισσα f (látrissa, “worshipper”)