votary
From LSJ
διὸ καὶ μεταλάττουσι τὴν φυσικὴν χρῆσιν εἰς τὴν παρὰ φύσιν αἱ δοκοῦσαι παρθένοι τῶν εἰδώλων → therefore those professing to be virgins of the idols even change the natural use into the unnatural (Origen, commentary on Romans 1:26)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
subs.
P. θεραπευτής, ὁ.
Lover: P. and V. ἐραστής, ὁ.
Unjust is the goddess.
And many a prosperous home and city hath she entered and left to the ruin of her votaries: V. ἄδικος ἡ θεός· πολλοὺς δʼ ἐς οἴκους καὶ πόλεις εὐδαίμονας εἰσῆλθε κἀξῆλθʼ ἐπʼ ὀλέθρῳ τῶν χρωμένων (Eur., Phoen. 532).
