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λειτουργ-ός

leitourgos · ὁ

one who performed a λειτουργία

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λειτουργ-ός · leitourg-os — LSJ

one who performed a λειτουργία

one who performed a λειτουργία (q.v.), POxy. 82.3 (iii A.D.), etc.; λ. τῶν ἐν παισὶ λειτουργιῶν CIG 2881.13, cf. 2882, 2886 (Branchidae).

II public servant, workmen, carpenters, ministering

public servant, ἡ στάσις τῶν λ. [τοῦ Σαλομῶνος] LXX 3 Ki. 10.5; of workmen, carpenters, etc., οἰκοδόμοι καὶ λ. PPetr. 3p.139 (iii B.C.), cf. Plb. 3.93.5; at Magnesia, an official of the γερουσία, Inscr.Magn. 116.17; = Lat. lictor, Plu. Rom. 26: metaph., λ. τῆς χρείας μου ministering to my need, Ep.Phil. 2.25.

2 private servant

private servant, LXX 2 Ki. 13.18.

III minister, attendant, acolyte

in religioussense, minister, [θεοῦ] ib. Ps. 102(103).21, Ep.Rom. 13.6, al.; τῶν θεῶν D.H. 2.22, cf. 73; τῶν ἁγίων λ. Ep.Hebr. 8.2; θεοῖς λιτουργοί (sic) Rev.Et.Anc. 32.5 (Athens, i B.C.); attendant at sacrifices, acolyte, IG 3.1005, al.

IV subordinate

Astrol., λειτουργοί, οἱ, astral gods subordinate to the δεκανοί, Iamb. Myst. 9.2, Firm. 2.4.4, Mart.Cap. 2.200.

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