ἐπίσκοπος
See also: επίσκοπος
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pís.ko.pos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /eˈpis.ko.pos/
- (15th 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
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پسقپوس (piskopos), փիսգօփօս (piskopos) — Armeno-Turkish
- Turkish: piskopos
- → Romanian: episcop
- → Ottoman Turkish: پسقپوس (piskopos), փիսգօփօս (piskopos) — Armeno-Turkish
- → Aramaic: אפיסקופא
- Classical Syriac: ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ
- → Bulgarian: епископ (episkop)
- → Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
- → Georgian: ეპისკოპოსი (eṗisḳoṗosi), ეპისკოპოზი (eṗisḳoṗozi)
- → Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 (aipiskaupus)
- → Latin: episcopus, *ebiscopus, *biscopus, *biscopo (see there for further descendants)
- → Macedonian: епископ (episkop)
- → Middle Persian: *uskōpā
- Persian: سکوبا (sokubâ)
- → Old Armenian: եպիսկոպոս (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
- → Old Church Slavonic: ѥпискоупъ (jepiskupŭ)
- → Old East Slavic: епископъ (episkopŭ), епискꙋпъ (episkupŭ), ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
- → Serbo-Croatian:
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
Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||
ἐπῐσκόπως episkópōs |
ἐπῐσκοπώτερος episkopṓteros |
ἐπῐσκοπώτᾰτος episkopṓtatos | ||||||||||||
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Further reading
- “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- ἐπίσκοπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- ἐπίσκοπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G1985 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
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