- διᾱκονος
- διᾱ́κονοςGrammatical information: m.Meaning: `servant, diaconus' (Ion.-Att. etc.).Other forms: Ion. διήκονος, sec. διάκων (pap.)Dialectal forms: Myc. perh. kasikono if \/kasi-konos\/ `worker, companion'.Derivatives: Fem. διακόνισσα (late; s. Chantr. Form. 110). διακονία `service' (Att.), διακονικός (Att.). - διακονέω, διη- `serve, be servant' (Ion.-Att.) with διακόνημα `service' (Pl.), διακόνησις `serve' (Pl.), διακονητικός (Alex. Aphr.).Origin: IE [Indo-European] [564] *ken- `tire oneself, hasten onself'Etymology: Like ἀμφίπολος (s. v.) fron a lost verb; or postverbal to διακονέω, which would be like ἐγ-κονέω `hurry' (s. v.) an iterative-intensive deverbative (s. Schwyzer 719). δια- might mean `from all sides, completely (s. Schwyzer-Debrunner 450 n. 2); the long vowel may be from comp. lengthening (but Ruigh, Lingua 25 (1970) 320 objects that only the first vowel of the second member can be lengthened). On the meaning s. Lidén Armen. Stud. 52. - Cf. also διηνεκής.Page in Frisk: 1,384-385
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.