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 Latin) IPA^(key): /diˈaː.koːn/, [d̪iˈäːkoːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.kon/, [d̪iˈäːkon]

Noun

diācōn m (genitive diāconis); third declension

1. Alternative form of diāconus (“deacon”)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	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

1. deacon

Descendants

• Middle English: deken
  • English: deacon
• → Old Norse: djákni, djákn
  • Icelandic: djákni
  • Old Swedish: diäkn, diäkne, däkn
    • Swedish: djäkne

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed 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)

1. deacon :
   1. (Christianity, historical) A designated minister of charity in the early Church (see Acts 6:1-6).
   2. (Eastern Orthodoxy, Roman Catholicism) A clergyman ranked directly below a priest, with duties of helping the priests and carrying out parish work.

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	diacon	diaconul		diaconi	diaconii
genitive-dative	diacon	diaconului		diaconi	diaconilor
vocative	diaconule			diaconilor

References

• DER via diacon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)