idololatres

== Latin == === Alternative forms === (Ecclesiastical Latin) īdōlolatra īdōlatra === Etymology === From Ancient Greek εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs, “idolater”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.doːˈɫɔ.ɫa.treːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.doˈlɔː.la.tres] (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [iː.doː.ɫɔˈɫat.reːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [i.do.loˈlat.res] — see usage note === Noun === īdōlolatrēs m (genitive īdōlolatrae); first declension An idol worshipper, idolater. c. 196-211, Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus, De idolatria, 1 c. 400-417, Augustine of Hippo, De Trinitate, liber I ==== Usage notes ==== 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 ==== First-declension noun (masculine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ēs). ==== Related terms ==== === References === “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.