λατρεία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> the state of a [[hired]] [[labourer]], [[service]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>966</span>; ἐπίπονον ἔχειν λ. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>830</span> (lyr.): pl., οἵας λατρείας ἀνθ' ὅσου ζήλου τρέφει <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Aj.</span>503</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>225</span> (lyr.), etc.: metaph., the [[business]] or [[duties]] of [[life]], Plu.2.107c. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> λατρεία τοῦ θεοῦ, θεῶν, [[service]] to the [[god]]s, [[divine]] [[worship]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>23c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Phdr.</span>244e</span> (pl.): abs., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Ex.</span>12.25</span>, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>9.4</span>, etc.</span>