διάκονος

diakonos

servant

Appears 11 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Republic 4
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Book II 4
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370e12
371e1
373c1
371a10
Laws 3
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Book VI 2
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763a3
782b6
Book VIII 1
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831e7
Gorgias 2
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518c3
517b2
Statesman 2
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290c5
290d2

Dictionary (LSJ)

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

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