archiepiscopus

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “first, chief”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, “I watch over”), from ἐπι- (epi-, “over”), + σκοπέω (skopéō, “I examine”).

Pronunciation

Noun

archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī); second declension (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin)

  1. (Christianity) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.
    Synonym: (medieval) archipraesul

Declension

Second-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative archiepiscopus archiepiscopī
genitive archiepiscopī archiepiscopōrum
dative archiepiscopō archiepiscopīs
accusative archiepiscopum archiepiscopōs
ablative archiepiscopō archiepiscopīs
vocative archiepiscope archiepiscopī

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