στοιχειολάτρης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon) + -λᾰ́τρης (-látrēs)

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Noun

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

  1. a worshipper of the elements of nature as having divine qualities, idolater
    • Athanas.
      θανάσιος[1] as quoted by the folklorist Nikolaos Politis.[2]
      τμων πολλο τ στοιχεῖα κα θεας δυνμεις πδιδον ες ατά, κατντησεν λξις στοιχειολτρης παρ τ θανασ συννυμος τδωλολτρης'
      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'

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References

  1. Athanasius of Alexandria (298-373 CE) who wrote the works «Κατά εδώλων», «Κατά λλήνων». (Can we verify(+) this quotation?)
  2. p.1055, vol.2. Πολίτης, Νικόλαος [Politis, Nikolaos] --a folklorist-- (18521921) Μελέται περί του βίου και της γλώσσης του ελληνικού λαού: Α' Παροιμίαι Β' Παραδόσεις. [Studies on the life and language of the greek people. I. Proverbs. II. Traditions.] lang:greek. Athens, 1904. (The Digital Library of Modern Greek Studies)

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