λατρεία

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λᾰτρεύω (lătreúō).

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 • (lătreíā) 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 lătreíā	τὼ λᾰτρείᾱ tṑ lătreíā	αἱ λᾰτρεῖαι hai lătreîai
Genitive	τῆς λᾰτρείᾱς tês lătreíās	τοῖν λᾰτρείαιν toîn lătreíain	τῶν λᾰτρειῶν tôn lătreiôn
Dative	τῇ λᾰτρείᾳ têi lătreíāi	τοῖν λᾰτρείαιν toîn lătreíain	ταῖς λᾰτρείαις taîs lătreíais
Accusative	τὴν λᾰτρείᾱν tḕn lătreíān	τὼ λᾰτρείᾱ tṑ lătreíā	τᾱ̀ς λᾰτρείᾱς tā̀s lătreíās
Vocative	λᾰτρείᾱ lătreíā	λᾰτρείᾱ lătreíā	λᾰτρεῖαι lătreîai
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.

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 (latreía)	λατρείες (latreíes)
genitive	λατρείας (latreías)	λατρειών (latreión)
accusative	λατρεία (latreía)	λατρείες (latreíes)
vocative	λατρεία (latreía)	λατρείες (latreíes)

Related terms

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