λειτουργώ

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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.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /li.tuɾˈɣo/
  • Hyphenation: λει‧τουρ‧γώ

Verb

λειτουργώ (leitourgó) (past λειτούργησα, passive λειτουργούμαι/λειτουργιέμαι, ppp λειτουργημένος)

  1. to function, to operate, to work
  2. (ecclesiastical) to perform the Divine Liturgy
  3. (ecclesiastical, λειτουργιέμαι, passive voice):
    1. (of churchgoers) to attend the Divine Liturgy
    2. (of churches) to hold the Divine Liturgy

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

References

  1. ^ λειτουργώ, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language