λειτουργία: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἡ, earlier Att. [[λῃτουργία]] ''IG''22.1140.14 (386 B.C.):—at Athens, and elsewhere (e.g. Siphnos, Isoc.19.36; Mitylene, Antipho 5.77),<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[public service]] performed by private citizens at their own expense, And.4.42, Lys.21.19, etc.; <b class="b3">λειτουργίαι ἐγκύκλιοι</b> [[ordinary]], i.e. [[annual]], [[liturgy|liturgies]], D.20.21; <b class="b3">λειτουργίαι μετοίκων</b>, opp. λειτουργίαι [[πολιτικός|πολιτικαἰ]], ib.18.<br><span class="bld">II</span> any [[public service]] or [[work]], PHib. 1.78.4 (iii B.C.), etc.; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τεταγμένος</b>, in an [[army]], the [[officer]] who [[superintend]]ed the [[workmen]], [[carpenter]]s, etc., Plb.3.93.4; οἱ ἐπί τινα λ. ἀπεσταλμένοι Id.10.16.5: generally, [[military]] [[duty]], ''UPZ''15.25 (pl., ii B.C.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> generally, any [[service]] or [[function]], ἡ πρώτη φανερὰ τοῖς ζῴοις λ. διὰ τοῦ στόματος οὖσα [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[De Partibus Animalium|PA]]''650a9, cf. 674b9, 20, ''IA'' 711b30; φιλικὴν ταύτην λ. Luc.''Salt.''6.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[service]], [[ministration]], [[help]], ''2 Ep.Cor.''9.12, ''Ep.Phil.''2.30.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[public service]] of the gods, αἱ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς λ. Arist.''Pol.''1330a13; αἱ τῶν θεῶν θεραπεῖαι καὶ λειτουργίαι D.S.1.21, cf. ''UPZ''17.17 (ii B.C.), ''PTeb.''302.30 (i A.D.), etc.; the [[service]] or [[ministry]] of [[priest]]s, [[LXX]] ''Nu.''8.25, ''Ev.Luc.''1.23.