diaconus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek διᾱ́κονος (diā́konos, “servant, minister”).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /diˈaː.ko.nus/, [dɪˈaː.kɔ.nʊs]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /diˈa.ko.nus/, [diˈaː.ko.nus]

Noun

diāconus m (genitive diāconī); second declension

deacon

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	diāconus	diāconī
Genitive	diāconī	diāconōrum
Dative	diāconō	diāconīs
Accusative	diāconum	diāconōs
Ablative	diāconō	diāconīs
Vocative	diācone	diāconī

Descendants

Catalan: diaca
Dutch: diaken
Esperanto: diakono
Finnish: diakoni
French: diacre
German: Diakon
Italian: diacono
Norman: diacre
Norwegian Bokmål: diakon
Norwegian Nynorsk: diakon
Old English: diacon
- English: deacon
Portuguese: diácono
Spanish: diácono
Swedish: djäkne

References

diaconus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
diaconus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
diaconus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

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