εἰδωλολατρία

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• εἰδωλολᾰτρείᾱ (eidōlolătreíā)

Etymology

From εἰδωλολᾰτρος (eidōlolătros, “idolater”) +‎ -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.la.trí.aː/ → /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/ → /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eː.dɔː.lo.la.trí.aː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /i.do.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /i.ðo.lo.laˈtri.a/

Noun

εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ • (eidōlolătrĭ́ā) f (genitive εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς); first declension

1. the worship of idols, idolatry

Inflection

First declension of ἡ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ; τῆς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ hē eidōlolătrĭ́ā	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ eidōlolătrĭ́ā	αἱ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αι hai eidōlolătrĭ́ai
Genitive	τῆς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς tês eidōlolătrĭ́ās	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αιν toîn eidōlolătrĭ́ain	τῶν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐῶν tôn eidōlolătrĭôn
Dative	τῇ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾳ têi eidōlolătrĭ́āi	τοῖν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αιν toîn eidōlolătrĭ́ain	ταῖς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αις taîs eidōlolătrĭ́ais
Accusative	τὴν εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱν tḕn eidōlolătrĭ́ān	τὼ εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ tṑ eidōlolătrĭ́ā	τᾱ̀ς εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱς tā̀s eidōlolătrĭ́ās
Vocative	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ eidōlolătrĭ́ā	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́ᾱ eidōlolătrĭ́ā	εἰδωλολᾰτρῐ́αι eidōlolătrĭ́ai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Latin: īdōlolatrīa, īdōlatrīa
  • Old French: idolatrie
    • English: idolatry

References

• “εἰδωλολατρία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• εἰδωλολατρία in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• εἰδωλολατρία in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)
• G1495 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible