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λειτουργ-έω , earlier Att. λητουργέω IG22.1147.6 (iv B.C.), etc. (λειτ- 22.665.11 (282 B.C.)): pf.
I. at Athens, serve public offices at one's own cost, And.1.132, al., D.27.64: c. acc. cogn., “λ. τὰ προσταττόμεναIs.6.61; “δύο λειτουργίαςD.50.9, cf. Lys.3.47; λ. ὑπέρ τινος serve these offices for another, Is.3.80, 6.64; τὰ λελειτουργημένα public services performed, D.21.169.
III. generally, serve a master, c. dat., οἱ ἑνὶ λειτουργοῦντες τὰ τοιαῦτα δοῦλοι [εἰσι] Arist.Pol. 1278a12, cf. PSI4.361.15 (iii B.C.), Nic.Dam.4 J.; λ. τρισὶν ἀνδράσιν, of a prostitute, AP5.48 (Gallus).
2. perform religious service, minister, “ἐπὶ τῶν ἱερῶνD.H.2.22; “τῷ ΚυρίῳAct.Ap.13.2, etc. (Written λιτ- in Rev.Et.Anc.32.5 (Athens, i B.C.), etc., cf. λειτούργιον, λειτουργός.
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    • Andocides, On the Mysteries, 132
    • Aristotle, Constitution of the Athenians, 29.5
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 165
    • Demosthenes, Against Midias, 169
    • Demosthenes, Against Aphobus 1, 64
    • Demosthenes, Against Polycles, 9
    • Isaeus, Pyrrhus, 80
    • Isaeus, Philoctemon, 60
    • Isaeus, Philoctemon, 61
    • Isaeus, Philoctemon, 64
    • Isocrates, On the Peace, 13
    • Isocrates, Antidosis, 145
    • Lysias, On the Confiscation of the Property of the Brother of Nicias, 7
    • Lysias, Against Simon, 47
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 2.7.6
    • Polybius, Histories, 6.33.6
    • New Testament, Acts, 13.2
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 2.22
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