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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek λειτουργῶ (leitourgô) (contracted form of λειτουργέω (leitourgéō)) with semantic loan from French fonctionner and the ecclesiastical senses borrowed learnedly from Koine Greek.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /liturˈɣo/
- Hyphenation: λει‧τουρ‧γώ
Verb
λειτουργώ • (leitourgó) (past λειτούργησα, passive λειτουργούμαι/λειτουργιέμαι, ppp λειτουργημένος)
- to function, to operate, to work
- (ecclesiastical) to perform the Divine Liturgy
- (ecclesiastical, λειτουργιέμαι, passive voice):
- (of churchgoers) to attend the Divine Liturgy
- (of churches) to hold the Divine Liturgy
Conjugation
This verb needs an inflection-table template.
Related terms
- see: λειτουργία f (leitourgía, “liturgy, function”)
References
- ^ λειτουργώ - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.