diacon
Latin
Alternative forms
- diaco
- diachon
Etymology
From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κων (diā́kōn), third-declension alternative form of the second-declension noun διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”) (the source of Latin diāconus).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /diˈaː.koːn/, [d̪iˈäːkoːn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /diˈa.kon/, [d̪iˈäːkon]
Noun
diācōn m (genitive diāconis); third declension
- Alternative form of diāconus (“deacon”)
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | diācōn | diāconēs |
| Genitive | diāconis | diāconum |
| Dative | diāconī | diāconibus |
| Accusative | diāconem | diāconēs |
| Ablative | diācone | diāconibus |
| Vocative | diācōn | diāconēs |
References
- 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
Etymology
From Latin diāconus, from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdi.ɑː.kon/
Noun
diācon m
- deacon
Descendants
- Middle English: deken
- English: deacon
- → Old Norse: djákni, djákn
- Icelandic: djákni
- Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
- Swedish: djäkne
Romanian
Etymology
From Old Church Slavonic диꙗконъ (dijakonŭ), from Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”). (compare Russian диа́кон (diákon)).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /diˈa.kon/
Noun
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
Declension of diacon
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- DER via diacon in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)