λατρεύω

λατρ-εύω, Elean λατρείω (q.v.),

• work for hire or pay, Sol. 13.48: to be in servitude, serve, X. Cyr. 3.1.36; παρά τινι Apollod. 2.6.3.
• • • 2 λ. τινί to be subject or enslaved to, S. Tr. 35, etc.: c. acc. pers., serve, E. IT 1115 (lyr.), f.l. in Id. El. 131: metaph., λ. πέτρᾳ, of Prometheus, A. Pr. 968; μόχθοις λατρεύων τοῖς ὑπερτάτοις βροτῶν S. OC 105; λ. νόμοις obey, X. Ages. 7.2; λ. καιρῷ, = Lat. temporibus inservire, Ps.-Phoc. 121; τῷ κάλλει λ. to be devoted to . ., Isoc. 10.57; λ. ἡδονῇ Luc. Nigr. 15.
    • 3 serve the gods with prayers and sacrifices, λ. Φοίβῳ E. Ion 152 (lyr.): c. acc. cogn., πόνον λ. τινί render due service, ib. 129 (lyr.); πόνον . . τόνδʼ ἐλάτρευσα θεᾷ IG 2.1378.

λατρεύω [λάτρον] impf. ἐλάτρευον, later mid. pass. ἐλατρευόμην ‖ fut. λατρεύσω ‖ aor. ἐλάτρευσα ‖ pf. λελάτρευκα ‖ aor. pass. ἐλατρεύθην; to work for hire Sol. 1.48 | abs. to be a servant, be in servitude Xen. Cyr. 3.1.36 etc.; γῆ … οὐδ’ εἰσέτι λατρεύουσα the earth, no longer a slave Or. Sib. 2.31 | to be a servant, serve, be subject τινι to s.o. Soph. Tr. 35, al. Eur. Cycl. 24 etc.; μόχθοις λατρεύων subject to toils Soph. O.C. 105; φανερὸς ἦν … τοῖς νόμοις λατρεύων he openly obeyed the laws Xen. Ag. 7.2; ἡδονῇ πᾶσαν τὴν ψυχὴν ἐπιτρέψας ταύτῃ μόνῃ λατρεύειν διέγνωκε having dedicated his soul completely to pleasure, he has chosen to be the slave of pleasure alone Luc. Nigr. 15 | fig. λ. καιρῷ to adapt to circumstances [Phoc.] 121 ‖ with acc.: παῖδα Ἀγαμεμνονίαν λατρεύω βωμούς τ’ I serve the daughter of Agamemnon and the altars Eur. I.T. 1115 | to serve, be minister of a god, to adore with dat.: καλὸν πόνον Φοίβῳ λ. to render due service to Phoebus Eur. Ion 129; λατρεύειν λατρείαν κυρίῳ to do service to the Lord VT Josh. 22.27; ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρὰ τὸν κτίσαντα they adored creation instead of the Creator NT Rom. 1.25; οἱ τῇ σκηνῇ λατρεύοντες those who are in the service of the tabernacle, of the priests (for λειτουργέω) NT Heb. 13.10; with dat. instrum. νηστείαις καὶ δεήσεσιν λ. to venerate with fasting and prayers NT Luke 2.37 | of a spiritual cult NT Phil. 3.3; ὁ θεός, ᾧ λατρεύω ἐν τῷ πνεύματί μου ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ God, whom I worship in my spirit in the Gospel of his Son NT Rom. 1.9; τῶν ἐν καθαρᾷ συνειδήσει λατρευόντων … τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ of those who venerate His name with pure conscience Clem.¹ Ep. 45.7; ᾧ πᾶσα πνοὴ λατρεύει to whom the entire soul gives worship Polyc. Ep. 2

● Elean ptc. λατρειόμενος iOlymp. 9.7.

λατρεύω, um Sold, Lohn dienen, Sol. 5.47 ; τινί, Soph. Tr. 35, μοχθοῖς λατρεύων τοῖς ὑπερτάτοις βροτῶν, O.C. 105 ; Eur. Cycl. 24 u. öfter, der es auch wie θεραπεύω mit dem accus. vrbdt, τίνα πόλιν, τίνα δʼ οἶκον λατρεύεις ; El. 130, vgl. I.T. 1115 (daher τάλαντον Διῒ λατρευόμενον, Inscr. 11); anders καλόν γε τὸν πόνον λατρεύω Ion 129 ; Xen. Cyr. 3.1.36 ; auch τοῖς νόμοις, Ages. 7.2 ; τῇ ἡδονῇ, Luc. Nigr. 15 ; a.Sp. – Bes. Gott dienen, ihn verehren, NT, K.S.

λατρεύω, fut. -σω λάτρις

• • • 1to work for hire or pay, to be in servitude, serve, Xen.
    • 2λ. τινί to be bound or enslaved to, Soph., Eur., etc.; c. acc. pers. to serve, Eur.:—metaph., λατρ. πέτρᾳ, of Prometheus, Aesch.; μόχθοις λατρ. Soph.; λ. νόμοις to obey, Xen.
    • 3to serve the gods, λ. Φοίβῳ Eur.: c. acc. cogn., πόνον λ. to render them due service, Eur.