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διάκονος

Second declension Noun; Masc/Fem 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: διάκονος διακόνου

Structure: διακον (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: Akin to dia/ktoros: both perh. from diw/kw.

Sense

  1. messenger, courier
  2. servant
  3. (biblical) minister, deacon

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κγ# ἔγχει καὶ Κήδωνι, διάκονε, μηδ’ ἐπιλήθου, εἰ χρὴ τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ ἀνδράσιν οἰνοχοεῖν. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 50 8:2)
  • ἔγχει καὶ Κήδωνι, διάκονε, μηδ’ ἐπιλήθου,εἰ χρὴ τοῖσ ἀγαθοῖσ ἀνδράσιν οἰνοχοεῖν. (Aristotle, Athenian Constitution, work Ath. Pol., chapter 20 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. messenger

  2. servant

  3. minister

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Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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