διᾱκον-ία, ἡ,
service, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.133 (_plural_), 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 371c, etc.; οὔκ ἐστι ταῦτ᾽ ἀρχή, ἀλλ᾽ ἐπιμέλειά τις καὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.13. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 attendance on a duty, ministration, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.206 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἡ δ. ἡ καθημερινή, of ministering to external wants, [[ NT.Act.6.1; but also ἡ δ. τοῦ λόγου [prev. work] 4, compare 1.17, etc. ] NT]
__II body of servants or attendants, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 15.25.21. ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__III instruments of service, ={διακόνημα}[[ 11, 4th c.BC: Moschio Tragicus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.208b. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]