diacon
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κων (diā́kōn), third-declension alternative form of the second-declension noun διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”) (the source of Latin diāconus).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈaː.koːn/, [d̪iˈäːkoːn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.kon/, [d̪iˈäːkon]
Noun edit
diācōn m (genitive diāconis); third declension
- Alternative form of diāconus (“deacon”)
Declension edit
Third-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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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 edit
Etymology edit
From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diācon m
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Old Church Slavonic диꙗконъ (dijakonŭ), from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). (compare Russian диа́кон (diákon)).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diacon 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 edit
Declension 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)