λατρ-εύω,
Elean λατρείω (which see), work for hire or pay, [[ 6th c.BC: Solon Lyricus 13.48 ] Refs 6th c.BC+]: to be in servitude, serve, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.1.36; παρά τινι 2nd c.AD: Apollodorus Damascenus Mechanicus 2.6.3. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 λ. τινί to be subject or enslaved to, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 35, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with accusative person, serve, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 1115 (Lyric poetry), _falsa lectio_ in [prev. author] “El.” 131: _metaphorically_, λ. πέτρᾳ, of Prometheus, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 968; μόχθοις λατρεύων τοῖς ὑπερτάτοις βροτῶν 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 105 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. νόμοις obey, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Agesilaus” 7.2 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. καιρῷ, = Latin temporibus inservire, [[ 1st c.AD(?): Pseudo-Phocylidea 121 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; τῷ κάλλει λ. to be devoted to.., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 10.57; λ. ἡδονῇ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 15. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 serve the gods with prayers and sacrifices, λ. Φοίβῳ [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 152 (Lyric poetry): with _accusative_ _cognate_, πόνον λ. τινί] Refs 5th c.BC+] render due service, [[[prev. work] 129 (Lyric poetry)] Refs]; πόνον.. τόνδ᾽ ἐλάτρευσα θεᾷ [[ “IG” 2.1378. ] Refs]