idololatres

Latin[edit]

From Ancient Greek εἰδωλολάτρης (eidōlolátrēs, “idolater”).

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iː.doːˈlo.la.treːs/, [iːd̪oːˈɫ̪ɔɫ̪ät̪reːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.doˈlo.la.tres/, [id̪oˈlɔːlät̪res]
(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /iː.doː.loˈlat.reːs/, [iːd̪oːɫ̪ɔˈɫ̪ät̪reːs̠]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /i.do.loˈlat.res/, [id̪oloˈlät̪res] — see usage note

īdōlolatrēs m (genitive īdōlolatrae); first declension

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.

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

“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.