idololatres
Appearance
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- (Ecclesiastical Latin) īdōlolatra
- īdōlatra
Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs, “idolater”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iː.doːˈlo.la.treːs/, [iːd̪oːˈɫ̪ɔɫ̪ät̪reːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.doˈlo.la.tres/, [id̪oˈlɔːlät̪res]
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /iː.doː.loˈlat.reːs/, [iːd̪oːɫ̪ɔˈɫ̪ät̪reːs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /i.do.loˈlat.res/, [id̪oloˈlät̪res] — see usage note
Noun
[edit]īdōlolatrēs m (genitive īdōlolatrae); first declension
- An idol worshipper, idolater.
- c. 196-211, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, De idolatria, 1
- idololatres idem homicida est
- "The idolater is likewise a murderer."
- c. 400-417, Augustine of Hippo, De Trinitate, liber I
- unde idololatrae dicuntur qui simulacris eam servitutem exhibent quae debetur Deo
- "They are called idolaters, who give that service to images or idols, which is due to God."
- c. 196-211, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, De idolatria, 1
Usage notes
[edit]- In ordinary Classical Latin pronunciation, when the cluster tr occurs intervocalically at a syllabic boundary (denoted in pronunciatory transcriptions by ⟨.⟩), both consonants are considered to belong to the latter syllable; if the former syllable contains only a short vowel (and not a long vowel or a diphthong), then it is a light syllable. Where the two syllables under consideration are a word's penult and antepenult, this has a bearing on stress, because a word whose penult is a heavy syllable is stressed on that syllable, whereas one whose penult is a light syllable is stressed on the antepenult instead. In poetic usage, where syllabic weight and stress are important for metrical reasons, writers sometimes regard the t in such a sequence as belonging to the former syllable; in this case, doing so alters the word's stress. For more words whose stress can be varied poetically, see their category.
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).
singular | plural | |
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nominative | īdōlolatrēs | īdōlolatrae |
genitive | īdōlolatrae | īdōlolatrārum |
dative | īdōlolatrae | īdōlolatrīs |
accusative | īdōlolatrēn | īdōlolatrās |
ablative | īdōlolatrē | īdōlolatrīs |
vocative | īdōlolatrē | īdōlolatrae |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “idololatres”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- idololatres in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.