diacon
Latin
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek διᾱ́κων (diā́kōn), third-declension alternative form of the second-declension noun διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”) (the source of Latin diāconus).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /diˈaː.koːn/, [d̪iˈäːkoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.kon/, [d̪iˈäːkon]
Noun
editdiācōn m (genitive diāconis); third declension
- Alternative form of diāconus (“deacon”)
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | diācōn | diāconēs |
Genitive | diāconis | diāconum |
Dative | diāconī | diāconibus |
Accusative | diāconem | diāconēs |
Ablative | diācone | diāconibus |
Vocative | diācōn | diāconēs |
References
edit- diacon in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
Old English
editEtymology
editFrom Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiācon m
Descendants
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Old Church Slavonic диꙗконъ (dijakonŭ), from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). (compare Russian диа́кон (diákon)).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdiacon m (plural diaconi)
- deacon :
- (Christianity, historical) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
- (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.
Declension
editDeclension of diacon
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) diacon | diaconul | (niște) diaconi | diaconii |
genitive/dative | (unui) diacon | diaconului | (unor) diaconi | diaconilor |
vocative | diaconule | diaconilor |
References
edit- DER via diacon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
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