archiepiscopus
Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ar.kʰi.eˈpis.ko.pus/, [ar.kʰi.ɛˈpɪs.kɔ.pʊs]
Noun
archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī); second declension
- (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | archiepiscopus | archiepiscopī |
| Genitive | archiepiscopī | archiepiscopōrum |
| Dative | archiepiscopō | archiepiscopīs |
| Accusative | archiepiscopum | archiepiscopōs |
| Ablative | archiepiscopō | archiepiscopīs |
| Vocative | archiepiscope | archiepiscopī |
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- Asturian: arzobispu
- Catalan: arquebisbe
- Dutch: aartsbisschop
- English: archbishop
- French: archevêque
- Friulian: arcivescul
- Galician: arcebispo
- German: Erzbischof
- Icelandic: erkibiskup
- Italian: arcivescovo
- Portuguese: arcebispo
- Romansh: archuvestg, arzuestg
- Sardinian: alcièscamu, atzibèscamu, archibíscamu
- Spanish: arzobispo
- Welsh: archesgob
References
- archiepiscopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- archiepiscopus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- archiepiscopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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