στοιχειολάτρης

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon) +‎ -λᾰ́τρης (-lắtrēs)

Pronunciation

 

Noun

στοιχειολᾰ́τρης • (stoikheiolắtrēs) m (genitive στοιχειολᾰ́τρου); first declension

  1. a worshipper of the elements of nature as having divine qualities, idolater
    • Athanas.
      Ἀθανάσιος[1] as quoted by the folklorist Nikolaos Politis.[2]
      ἐτίμων πολλοὶ τὰ στοιχεῖα καὶ θείας δυνάμεις ἀπέδιδον εἰς αὐτά, κατήντησεν ἡ λέξις στοιχειολάτρης παρὰ τῷ Ἀθανασίῳ συνώνυμος τῷ 'εἰδωλολάτρης'
      etímon polloὶ tὰ stoicheīa kai theías dynámeis apédidon eis autá, katíntisen he léxis stoicheiolátris pará tō Ἀthanasíō synónymos tō 'eἰdololátris'.
      many have worshipped the elements,and attributed to them divine powers so that by Athanasius the word stœchiolater has ended up as synonymous to 'idololater'

Declension

First declension of ὁ στοιχειολᾰ́τρης; τοῦ στοιχειολᾰ́τρου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ὁ στοιχειολᾰ́τρης
ho stoikheiolắtrēs 		τὼ στοιχειολᾰ́τρᾱ
tṑ stoikheiolắtrā 		οἱ στοιχειολᾰ́τραι
hoi stoikheiolắtrai
Genitive τοῦ στοιχειολᾰ́τρου
toû stoikheiolắtrou 		τοῖν στοιχειολᾰ́τραιν
toîn stoikheiolắtrain 		τῶν στοιχειολᾰτρῶν
tôn stoikheiolătrôn
Dative τῷ στοιχειολᾰ́τρῃ
tôi stoikheiolắtrēi 		τοῖν στοιχειολᾰ́τραιν
toîn stoikheiolắtrain 		τοῖς στοιχειολᾰ́τραις
toîs stoikheiolắtrais
Accusative τὸν στοιχειολᾰ́τρην
tòn stoikheiolắtrēn 		τὼ στοιχειολᾰ́τρᾱ
tṑ stoikheiolắtrā 		τοὺς στοιχειολᾰ́τρᾱς
toùs stoikheiolắtrās
Vocative στοιχειολᾰ́τρᾰ
stoikheiolắtră 		στοιχειολᾰ́τρᾱ
stoikheiolắtrā 		στοιχειολᾰ́τραι
stoikheiolắtrai
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Synonyms

References

  1. ^ Athanasius of Alexandria (298-373 CE) who wrote the works «Κατά εἱδώλων», «Κατά Ἑλλήνων». (Can we verify(+) this quotation?)
  2. ^ p.1055, vol.2. Πολίτης, Νικόλαος --a folklorist-- (1852‑1921) Μελέται περί του βίου και της γλώσσης του ελληνικού λαού: Α' Παροιμίαι Β' Παραδόσεις. lang:greek. Athens, 1904. (The Digital Library of Modern Greek Studies)

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