idololatria

== Latin == === Alternative forms === īdōlatrīa, eidōlolatrīa === Etymology === Borrowed from Koine Greek εἰδωλολατρείᾱ (eidōlolatreíā) or εἰδωλολατρίᾱ (eidōlolatríā, “worship of idols”), back-formation from εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs) (īdōlatra in Latin), from εἴδωλον (eídōlon, “idol”) + λάτρις (látris, “worshipper”) or λατρεύω (latreúō, “I worship”), from λάτρον (látron, “payment”). === Noun === īdōlolatrīa f (genitive īdōlolatrīae); first declension (Late Latin) idolatry ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “idololatria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “idololatria”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.