idololatra

idololatra

Latin

Alternative forms

• īdōlolatrēs

Noun

īdōlolatra f (genitive īdōlolatrae); first declension

1. Alternative form of īdōlolatrēs ("idol worshipper", "idolater").
   • 1844-1855, Hieronymus Stridonensis, Jacques-Paul Migne ed., Patrologia Latina, volume 23, page 175

     quid credidit? certe aut tria nomina audiens, tres deos credidit, et idololatra eſſectus est; aut in tribus vocabulis trinominem credens Deum, in Sabellii hæresim incurrit.

     "What did he believe? Certainly, either hearing three names, he believed that there were three Gods, and so became an idolater; or, believing that the three words were three names of one God, he fell into Sabellianism."

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	īdōlolatra	īdōlolatrae
Genitive	īdōlolatrae	īdōlolatrārum
Dative	īdōlolatrae	īdōlolatrīs
Accusative	īdōlolatram	īdōlolatrās
Ablative	īdōlolatrā	īdōlolatrīs
Vocative	īdōlolatra	īdōlolatrae

Descendants

• English: idolater
• French: idolâtre

References

• idololatra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)