ἐπίσκοπος

See also: επίσκοπος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pís.ko.pos/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɛˈpis.ko.pos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/

Etymology 1

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

Noun

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m (genitive ἐπισκόπου); second declension

watcher, guardian
scout, watch
overseer, supervisor, inspector
(Christianity) an ecclesiastical superintendent, bishop

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́σκοπος; τοῦ ἐπῐσκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́σκοπος ho epískopos	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ episkópō	οἱ ἐπῐ́σκοποι hoi epískopoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐσκόπου toû episkópou	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn episkópoin	τῶν ἐπῐσκόπων tôn episkópōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐσκόπῳ tôi episkópōi	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn episkópoin	τοῖς ἐπῐσκόποις toîs episkópois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́σκοπον tòn epískopon	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ episkópō	τοὺς ἐπῐσκόπους toùs episkópous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epískope	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Arabic: أُسْقُف‎ (ʾusquf)
- Maltese: isqof
- Persian: اسقف‎ (usquf)
- Tajik: усқуф (usquf)
- Swahili: askofu
- Turkish: üskuf
Aramaic: אפיסקופא‎
- Classical Syriac: ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ‎
Bulgarian: епископ (episkop)
→ Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos)
Georgian: ეპისკოპოსი (eṗisḳoṗosi), ეპისკოპოზი (eṗisḳoṗozi)
Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 (aipiskaupus)
Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos)
- Turkish: piskopos
Hungarian: püspök
Latin: episcopus, *ebiscopus, *biscopus
- Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop
- Breton: eskob
- Catalan: bisbe
- Dalmatian: pascu
- Dutch: bisschop
  - Indonesian: biskop
- Old French: evesque
  - Middle French: evesque
    - French: évêque
- Old Frisian: biskop
  - Saterland Frisian: Biskop
- Friulian: vescul
- Galician: bispo
- Italian: vescovo, episcopo
- Latvian: bīskaps
- Lithuanian: vyskupas
- Occitan: avesque
- Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ)
  - Czech: biskup
  - Polish: biskup
  - Slovak: biskup
    - Vilamovian: bisku̇p
  - Serbo-Croatian: би̏скуп, bȉskup
- British Latin: *biscopo
  - Old English: biscop
    - Middle English: bishop, bisshop, bischop, biscop
      - English: bishop
        Hawaiian: pīhopa
        
        Japanese: ビショップ
        
        Korean: 비숍 (bisyop)
        
        Maori: pīhopa
        
        Thai: บิชอป (bì-chɔ́p)
        
        Tok Pisin: bisop
- Old High German: biscof
  - German: Bischof
  - Vilamovian: bisküp
- Old Irish: epscop
  - Irish: easpag
  - Manx: aspick
  - Scottish Gaelic: easbaig
- Old Norse: biskop
  - Danish: biskop
  - Faroese: biskupur
  - Icelandic: biskup
  - Norwegian: biskop
  - Swedish: biskop
- Old Portuguese: bispo
  - Portuguese: bispo
- Old Swedish: bisp
  - Finnish: piispa, pispa
- Portuguese: epíscopo (borrowing)
- Romansch: uvestg
- Sardinian: obíscu
- Sicilian: vìscuvu
- Spanish: obispo
  - Bikol Central: obispo
  - Cebuano: obispo
  - Ilocano: obispo
  - Tagalog: obispo
  - Waray-Waray: obispo
- Welsh: esgob
Macedonian: епископ (episkop)
Old Armenian: եպիսկոպոս (episkopos)
- Armenian: եպիսկոպոս (episkopos)
  - Udi: yepiskopos
Old Church Slavonic: ѥпискоупъ (jepiskupŭ)
Old East Slavic: епископъ (episkopŭ), епискꙋпъ (episkupŭ), ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
- Belarusian: епіскап (jepiskap)
- Russian: епи́скоп (jepískop)
  - Azerbaijani: yepiskop
  - Kazakh: епископ (epïskop)
  - Kyrgyz: епископ (yepiskop)
  - Tatar: епископ (episkop)
  - Uzbek: yepiskop
- Ukrainian: єпископ (jepyskop)
Samoan: 'epikopō
Serbo-Croatian: èpiskop, ѐпископ

Etymology 2

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “aim, target”)

Adjective

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m or f (neuter ἐπίσκοπον); second declension

hitting the mark, target
successful

Inflection

Second declension of ἐπῐ́σκοπος; ἐπῐ́σκοπον (Attic)

Number	Singular		Dual		Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter	Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐ́σκοπος epískopos	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Genitive	ἐπῐσκόπου episkópou	ἐπῐσκόπου episkópou	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόπων episkópōn	ἐπῐσκόπων episkópōn
Dative	ἐπῐσκόπῳ episkópōi	ἐπῐσκόπῳ episkópōi	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποις episkópois	ἐπῐσκόποις episkópois
Accusative	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπους episkópous	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epískope	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐσκόπως episkópōs		ἐπῐσκοπώτερος episkopṓteros		ἐπῐσκοπώτᾰτος episkopṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

ἐπίσκοπος

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Descendants

Etymology 2

Adjective

Inflection

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