λειτουργ-ία, ἡ,
earlier Attic dialect λητ- [[ “IG” 22.1140.14 (4th c.BC):—at Athens, and elsewhere (e.g. Siphnos, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 19.36; Mitylene, 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.77)] Refs 5th c.BC+], public service performed by private citizens at their own expense, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.42, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 21.19, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; λ. ἐγκύκλιοι ordinary, i.e. annual, liturgies, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 20.21; λειτουργίαι μετοίκων, opposed to πολιτικαἰ, [prev. work]18. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II any public service or work, [[ PHib. 1.78.4 (3rd c.BC), etc.] Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν λειτουργιῶν τεταγμένος, in an army, the officer who superintended the workmen, carpenters, etc., [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.93.4; οἱ ἐπί τινα λ. ἀπεσταλμένοι [prev. author] 10.16.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: generally, military duty, [[ “UPZ” 15.25 (_plural_, 2nd c.BC). ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.2 generally, any service or function, ἡ πρώτη φανερὰ τοῖς ζῴοις λ. διὰ τοῦ στόματος οὖσα [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “de Partibus Animalium” 650a9, compare 674b9, 20, “IA” 711b30; φιλικὴν ταύτην λ. 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Salt.” 6. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.3 service, ministration, help, [[ NT.2Cor.9.12, NT.Phil.2.30. ] NT]
__III public service of the gods, αἱ πρὸς τοὺς θεοὺς λ. [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1330a13; αἱ τῶν θεῶν θεραπεῖαι καὶ λ. 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.21, compare “UPZ” 17.17 (2nd c.BC), “PTeb.” 302.30 (1st c.AD), etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; the service or ministry of priests, [[ LXX.Num.8.25, NT.Luke.1.23. ] LXX+NT]