diaconus
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dĭācŏnus: i (collat. form in plur.:
I diacones, Vulg. Tim. 3, 8; 12: diaconibus, id. Phil. 1, 1), m., = διάκονος, in eccl. Lat., a servant or minister of the church, a deacon, Tert. Praescr. 3; Cod. Just. 1, 3, 6 et saep. —dĭācŏnissa, ae, f., a deaconess, Cod. Just. 1, 3, 9; Orell. Inscr. 4872 al.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dĭācŏnus, ī, m. (διάκονος), diacre : Hier. Ep. 51, 1.
Latin > German (Georges)
diāconus, ī, m. (διάκονος), der Kirchendiener, der Diakonus, Amm. 14, 9, 7. Cod. Theod. 12, 1, 121 u. Eccl.: diacōnus gemessen, Ven. Fort. 4, 15, 3 u.a. Eccl.: Nbf. zaconus (als Beiname), Corp. inscr. Lat. 3, 2654.
