διακονέω

diakoneo

minister, do service

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 6
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Book VI 2
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763a5
763a5
Book VII 1
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805e1
Book XII 3
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955c6
955c6
955d3
Republic 3
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Book II 1
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371d6
Book V 2
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467a1
467a4
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521a4
521a8
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290a8
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175e6

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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