λειτουργία
See also: λειτουργιά
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- ληϊτουργῐ́ᾱ (lēïtourgíā)
- λῃτουργῐ́ᾱ (lēitourgíā)
- λητουργῐ́ᾱ (lētourgíā) (early Attic)
Etymology
From λειτουργός (leitourgós, “public servant”) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-íā, abstract noun–forming suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /leː.tuːr.ɡí.aː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /li.turˈɡi.a/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /li.turˈʝi.a/
Noun
λειτουργῐ́ᾱ • (leitourgíā) f (genitive λειτουργῐ́ᾱς); first declension (Attic, Koine)
- public service
- (religion) ministration
Declension
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ λειτουργῐ́ᾱ hē leitourgíā |
τὼ λειτουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ leitourgíā |
αἱ λειτουργῐ́αι hai leitourgíai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς λειτουργῐ́ᾱς tês leitourgíās |
τοῖν λειτουργῐ́αιν toîn leitourgíain |
τῶν λειτουργῐῶν tôn leitourgiôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ λειτουργῐ́ᾳ têi leitourgíāi |
τοῖν λειτουργῐ́αιν toîn leitourgíain |
ταῖς λειτουργῐ́αις taîs leitourgíais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν λειτουργῐ́ᾱν tḕn leitourgíān |
τὼ λειτουργῐ́ᾱ tṑ leitourgíā |
τᾱ̀ς λειτουργῐ́ᾱς tā̀s leitourgíās | ||||||||||
Vocative | λειτουργῐ́ᾱ leitourgíā |
λειτουργῐ́ᾱ leitourgíā |
λειτουργῐ́αι leitourgíai | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: λειτουργία (leitourgía)
- → Latin: lītūrgia
- Catalan: litúrgia
- → Dutch: liturgie
- → English: liturgy
- → Esperanto: liturgio
- → Finnish: liturgia
- French: liturgie
- Friulian: liturgjie
- Galician: liturxia
- → German: Liturgie
- → Hungarian: liturgia
- Italian: liturgia
- Ladino: liturjia
- Norman: litourgie
- → Norwegian Bokmål: liturgi
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: liturgi
- Occitan: liturgia
- Piedmontese: liturgìa
- → Polish: liturgia
- → Portuguese: liturgia (learned)
- Spanish: liturgia
- Venetian: łiturzia
References
- “λειτουργία”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek λειτουργία (leitourgía, “public service”), from λειτουργός (leitourgós, “public official”) + -ία (-ía).
Noun
λειτουργία • (leitourgía) f (plural λειτουργίες)
- (religion) liturgy, Mass, Eucharist, divine service
- function, operation, service, working(s)
- ώρες λειτουργίας ― óres leitourgías ― working hours
- βιολογική λειτουργία ― viologikí leitourgía ― biological function
Declension
Declension of λειτουργία
singular | plural | |
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nominative | λειτουργία • | λειτουργίες • |
genitive | λειτουργίας • | λειτουργιών • |
accusative | λειτουργία • | λειτουργίες • |
vocative | λειτουργία • | λειτουργίες • |
Related terms
- αλειτούργητος (aleitoúrgitos, “unconsecrated”)
- απολείτουργα (apoleítourga, “after Eucharist”, adverb)
- απολειτουργώ (apoleitourgó, “Ι complete the liturgy”)
- λειτουργικός (leitourgikós, “functional”)
- λειτουργός m or f (leitourgós, “public official”)
- λειτουργώ (leitourgó, “to function”)
Coordinate terms
- εκκλησιασμός m (ekklisiasmós, “attendance at worship”)
- θρησκευτική τελετή f (thriskeftikí teletí, “religious ceremony”)
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