officiate
officiate
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. διᾱκονεῖν, ὑ̆πηρετεῖν.
v. intrans.
Use P. and V. διᾱκονεῖν, ὑ̆πηρετεῖν.
OFFICIATE
(In public worship) sacra facere obire curare colere; rem divinam facere (Cic.); rebus divinis operam dare; res divinas rite perpetrare (Liv.).
(In public worship) sacra facere obire curare colere; rem divinam facere (Cic.); rebus divinis operam dare; res divinas rite perpetrare (Liv.).
officiate: viz. in religious ceremonies: expr. by rem divinam facere, operatum esse: cf. Cato R R. 143, he (the steward) must know that the master o.s on behalf of the whole household, scito dominum pro tota familia rem d. facere (but the phr. in itself denotes simply to engage in religious rites): he saw himself (in a dream) o.ing at a sacrifice, vidit se operatum, Tac. A. 2, 14, init.: Hor. The officiating priest who dispatched the victims, was called popa or cultrarius (for which, minister, Lucr. 1, 91): v. Lat. Dict. s. vv.