διᾱκον-έω,
Ionic dialect διηκ-, imperfect ἐδιακόνουν [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 406 (uncertain), 7th-6th c.BC: Alcaeus Lyricus Comedy texts 13, 4th c.BC: Nicostratus Comicus 36; later διηκόνουν NT.Matt.4.11 ] NT+7th c.BC+]: future -ήσω[[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.154, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 521a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist διηκόνησα [[ 2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 2.198 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; infinitive -ῆσαι[[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.16 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect δεδιακόνηκα [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Archedicus Comicus 3.8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]:—middle, imperfect διηκονούμην [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Philops.” 35 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: future -ήσομαι[[ [prev. author] “DDeor.” 4.4 ] Refs]: aorist διηκονησάμην [[ [prev. author] “Tyr.” 22 ] Refs]:—passive, future δεδιακονήσομαι [[ 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Antiquitates Judaicae” 18.8.7 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ἐδιακονήθην [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 50.2: ] Refs 4th c.BC+]perfect δεδιακόνημαι, see below 11: (διάκονος):—minister, do service, absolutely, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 396, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Aves” 1323, “POxy.” 275.10 (1st c.AD)] Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative person, serve [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.69, etc.; δ. διακονικὰ ἔργα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1333a8 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; δ. ὑποθήκαις τινός [[ 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.17 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; δ. παρὰ τῷ δεσπότῃ [[ 3rd c.BC: Posidippus Comicus 2 ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; δ. πρὸς ὠνήν τε καὶ πρᾶσιν [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371d ] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, minister to one's own needs, serve oneself, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Philoctetes” 287; αὑτῷ διακονεῖται 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 1017 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; διακονοῦντες καὶ διακονούμενοι ἑαυτοῖς acting as servants and serving themselves, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 763a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also simply like active, οἶνον ἡμῖν χρυσίῳ διακονούμενοι [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 53, compare 4th c.AD: Libanius Sophista “Orationes” 53.9 ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—passive, to be served, οὐκ ἦλθε διακονηθῆναι ἀλλὰ διακονῆσαι [[ NT.Matt.20.28. ] NT]