The corpus record

λατρ-εία

latreia · ἡ

the state of a hired labourer, service

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Where it lives

Hebrews 2 · 3.98/10k
Romans 2 · 2.85/10k
Machabaeourum III 1 · 1.99/10k
Machabaeorum I 3 · 1.72/10k
Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
Trojan Women 1 · 1.41/10k
Trachiniae 1 · 1.38/10k
Exodus 3 · 1.27/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Apology 1 · 1.14/10k
Phoenissae 1 · 1.04/10k
Josue (cod. Vat.) 1 · 0.75/10k

Densest 12 of 16 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

λατρ-εία · latr-eia — LSJ

the state of a hired labourer, service, the business, duties

the state of a hired labourer, service, A. Pr. 966; ἐπίπονον ἔχειν λ. S. Tr. 830 (lyr.): pl., οἵας λατρείας ἀνθʼ ὅσου ζήλου τρέφει Id. Aj. 503, cf. E. Ph. 225 (lyr.), etc.: metaph., the business or duties of life, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.107c.

2 service to, worship

λ. τοῦ θεοῦ, θεῶν, service to the gods, divine worship, Pl. Ap. 23c, Phdr. 244e (pl.): abs., LXX Ex. 12.25, al., Ep.Rom. 9.4, etc.

In the wild

λατρείας · latreias Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 966–967
λατρείης · latreiēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 9.11 (DIORISIS sentence 8216)
λατρείαις · latreiais Euripides, Phoenissae 1 (DIORISIS sentence 98)
λατρείαν · latreian Euripides, Trojan Women 1.818 (DIORISIS sentence 432)
λατρείας · latreias New Testament, Hebrews 9.1 (DIORISIS sentence 132)
λατρείας · latreias New Testament, Hebrews 9.6 (DIORISIS sentence 137)

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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