episcopus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

Pronunciation

Noun

episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative episcopus episcopī
Genitive episcopī episcopōrum
Dative episcopō episcopīs
Accusative episcopum episcopōs
Ablative episcopō episcopīs
Vocative episcope episcopī

Derived terms

Descendants
  • Italian: vescovo, episcopo (borrowing)
  • Occitan: avesque
  • Old Portuguese: bispo
  • Portuguese: bispo, epíscopo (borrowing)
  • Romanian: episcop (borrowing) (possibly through Greek), piscup (archaic, regional)
  • Romansch: uvestg
  • Sardinian: obíscu
  • Scottish Gaelic: easbaig
  • Sicilian: vìscuvu
  • Spanish: obispo
  • Venetian: vescovo, vesco
  • Welsh: esgob

See also
Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text)
rex regina turris episcopus eques pedes

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