λειτουργ-ός,ὁ, (λήϊτος, ἔργον)
A. one who performed a λειτουργία(q.v.), POxy. 82.3
(iii A.D.), etc.;λ. τῶν
ἐν παισὶ λειτουργιῶν
CIG 2881.13
, cf. 2882 , 2886 (Branchidae).
II. public servant,ἡ στάσις τῶν λ. [τοῦ Σαλομῶνος] LXX 3 Ki. 10.5 ; ofworkmen, carpenters, etc., οἰκοδόμοι καὶ λ.
PPetr. 3p.139
(iii B.C.), cf. Plb. 3.93.5 ; at Magnesia, an official of theγερουσία, Inscr.Magn. 116.17 ;=Lat.lictor, Plu. Rom. 26 : metaph.,λ. τῆς χρείας μου ministeringto my need, Ep.Phil. 2.25 .
2. private servant, LXX 2 Ki. 13.18 .
III. in religioussense,minister, [θεοῦ] ib. Ps. 102(103).21 , Ep.Rom. 13.6 , al.; τῶν θεῶν
D.H. 2.22
, cf. 73 ; τῶν ἁγίων λ.
Ep.Hebr. 8.2