εικονολατρία

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Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from French iconolâtrie, from Byzantine Greek εικονολάτρης (eikonolátrēs) + -ία (-ía).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ko.no.laˈtɾi.a/
  • Hyphenation: ει‧κο‧νο‧λα‧τρί‧α

Noun

εικονολατρία (eikonolatríaf

  1. (historical) iconolatry (the use of images as symbols that provide an inspiration and aid to worship, especially in the context of the 8th-9th century Byzantine Iconoclasm)

Declension

Declension of εικονολατρία
singular plural
nominative εικονολατρία (eikonolatría) εικονολατρίες (eikonolatríes)
genitive εικονολατρίας (eikonolatrías) εικονολατριών (eikonolatrión)
accusative εικονολατρία (eikonolatría) εικονολατρίες (eikonolatríes)
vocative εικονολατρία (eikonolatría) εικονολατρίες (eikonolatríes)

References

  1. ^ εικονολατρία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language