λειτουργία
leitourgia
public service
Appears 19 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
λειτουργία, ἡ, earlier Att. λητ- IG 22.1140.14 (386 B.C.):—at Athens, and elsewhere (e.g. Siphnos, 19.36; Mitylene, 5.77), A. public service performed by private citizens at their own expense, 4.42, 21.19, etc.; λ. ἐγκύκλιοι ordinary, i.e. annual, liturgies, 20.21; λειτουργίαι μετοίκων, opp. πολιτικαἰ, ib.18. II. any public service or work, 1.78.4 (iii B.C.), etc.; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τεταγμένος, in an army, the officer who superintended the workmen, carpenters, etc., 3.93.4; οἱ ἐπί τινα λ. ἀπεσταλμένοι 10.16.5: generally, military duty, UPZ 15.25 (pl., ii B.C.). 2. generally, any service or function, ἡ πρώτη φανερὰ τοῖς ζῴοις λ. διὰ τοῦ στόματος οὖσα PA 650a9, cf. 674b9, 20, IA 711b30; φιλικὴν ταύτην λ. Salt. 6. 3. service, ministration, help, 2 Ep.Cor. 9.12, Ep.Phil. 2.30. III. public service of the gods, αἱ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς λ. Pol. 1330a13; αἱ τῶν θεῶν θεραπεῖαι καὶ λ. 1.21, cf. UPZ 17.17 (ii B.C.), PTeb. 302.30 (i A.D.), etc.; the service or ministry of priests, Nu. 8.25, Ev.Luc. 1.23.
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