διάκονος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=<b class="b3">[ᾱ</b>], Ion. διήκονος, ὁ, later διάκων (q.v.):—<span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[servant]], <span class="bibl">Hdt. 4.71</span>,<span class="bibl">72</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PFlor.</span>121.3</span> (iii A.D.), etc.; [[messenger]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>942</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span> 497</span>; ὄρνιθα καὶ κήρυκα καὶ δ. <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>133</span>:—as fem., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1116</span>, <span class="bibl">D. 24.197</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[attendant]] or [[official]] in a temple or religious guild, <span class="title">Inscr.Magn.</span>109,217, <span class="title">IG</span>9(1).486 (Acarnania, ii/i B.C.), 4.774.12 (Troezen, iii B.C.): fem., <span class="title">CIG</span>3037 (Metropolis in Lydia):—esp. in the Christian church, [[deacon]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Ti.</span>3.8</span>, etc., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>1162.3</span> (iv A.D.): fem., [[deaconess]], Ep.Rom.16.1. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> as Adj., [[servile]], [[menial]], ἐπιστήμη <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>290c</span>: irreg. Comp. διᾱκονέστερος <span class="bibl">Epich.159</span>Ahr. (Cf. <b class="b3">ἐγ-κονέω, ἀ-κονιτί</b>.) </span>