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|Definition=Ion. διηκ-, impf. <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> ἐδιακόνουν <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>406</span> (dub.), Alc. Com.<span class="bibl">13</span>, <span class="bibl">Nicostr.Com.36</span>; later διηκόνουν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>4.11</span>: fut. -ήσω <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Grg.</span>521a</span>: aor. διηκόνησα Aristid.2.198 J.; inf. -ῆσαι <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.16</span>: pf. δεδιακόνηκα <span class="bibl">Arched.3.8</span>:—Med., impf. διηκονούμην <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Philops.</span>35</span>: fut. -ήσομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">DDeor.</span>4.4</span>: aor. διηκονησάμην <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Tyr.</span>22</span>:—Pass., fut. δεδιακονήσομαι <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.8.7</span>: aor. ἐδιακονήθην <span class="bibl">D.50.2</span>: pf. <b class="b3">δεδιακόνημαι</b>, v. infr. 11: (διάκονος):—[[minister]], [[do service]], abs., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 396</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Av.</span>1323</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>275.10</span>(i A.D.): c. dat. pers., [[serve]] <span class="bibl">D.19.69</span>, etc.; δ. διακονικὰ ἔργα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1333a8</span>; <b class="b3">δ. ὑποθήκαις τινός</b> <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.17</span>; <b class="b3">δ. παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ</b> <span class="bibl">Posidipp.2</span>; <b class="b3">δ. πρὸς ὠνήν τε καὶ πρᾶσιν</b> <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>371d</span>:—Med., <b class="b2">minister to one's own needs, serve oneself</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>287</span>; αὑτῷ διακονεῖται <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>1017</span>; <b class="b3">διακονοῦντες καὶ διακονούμενοι ἑαυτοῖς</b> <b class="b2">acting as servants</b> and <b class="b2">serving themselves</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>763a</span>: also simply like Act., οἶνον ἡμῖν χρυσίῳ διακονούμενοι <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Asin.</span>53</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>53.9</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be served</b>, οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>20.28</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">to be a deacon</b>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Ti.</span>3.10</span>,<span class="bibl">13</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> c.acc.rei, <b class="b2">render a service</b>, τινὶ ὅ τι ἂν δεηθῇ <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.154</span>, cf.<span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290a</span>; δ. γάμους <span class="bibl">Posidipp.26.19</span>:—Pass., <b class="b2">to be supplied</b>, <b class="b3">τῇ πόλει ἐδιακονήθησαν [αἱ πράξεις</b>] <span class="bibl">D.50.2</span>; τῶν καλῶς δεδιακονημένων <span class="bibl">Id.51.7</span>: c. dat. instr., ἐκπώμασι διακονείσθωσαν <span class="title">OGI</span>383.159 (i B.C.).</span>