idololatria
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Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Koine Greek εἰδωλολατρείᾱ (eidōlolatreíā) or εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs) (īdōlatra in Latin), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) + λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “I worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”).
Noun[edit]
īdōlolatrīa f (genitive īdōlolatrīae); first declension
Declension[edit]
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | īdōlolatrīa | īdōlolatrīae |
Genitive | īdōlolatrīae | īdōlolatrīārum |
Dative | īdōlolatrīae | īdōlolatrīīs |
Accusative | īdōlolatrīam | īdōlolatrīās |
Ablative | īdōlolatrīā | īdōlolatrīīs |
Vocative | īdōlolatrīa | īdōlolatrīae |
References[edit]
- “idololatria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idololatria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.