λατρεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From λάτρον (látron) +‎ -εύς (-eús).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /la.trěu̯s/ → /laˈtreɸs/ → /laˈtrefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /la.trěu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /laˈtrews/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /laˈtreɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /laˈtrefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /laˈtrefs/

Noun

λατρεύς • (latreús) m (genitive λατρέως); third declension

1. hired servant

Declension

Third declension of ὁ λατρεύς; τοῦ λατρέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ λατρεύς ho latreús	τὼ λατρῆ tṑ latrê	οἱ λατρῆς / λατρεῖς hoi latrês / latreîs
Genitive	τοῦ λατρέως toû latréōs	τοῖν λατρέοιν toîn latréoin	τῶν λατρέων tôn latréōn
Dative	τῷ λατρεῖ tôi latreî	τοῖν λατρέοιν toîn latréoin	τοῖς λατρεῦσῐ / λατρεῦσῐν toîs latreûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν λατρέᾱ tòn latréā	τὼ λατρῆ tṑ latrê	τοὺς λατρέᾱς toùs latréās
Vocative	λατρεῦ latreû	λατρῆ latrê	λατρῆς / λατρεῖς latrês / latreîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• λατρεύω (latreúō)

References

• “λατρεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• λατρεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• λατρεύς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011