ἐπιστάτης

See also: επιστάτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἐφίσταμαι [ἐπι-στα-] (ephístamai [epi-sta-], “stand on, over, or near”) +‎ -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix): literally, one who stands on, over, or near something or someone.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.pis.tá.tɛːs/ → /e.pisˈta.tis/ → /e.pisˈta.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.pis.tá.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈta.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/

Noun

ἐπῐστᾰ́της • (epistátēs) m (genitive ἐπῐστᾰ́του); first declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)

1. suppliant
2. chief, commander
3. president of a board or assembly, chairman
4. overseer, superintendent

Declension

First declension of ὁ ἐπῐστᾰ́της; τοῦ ἐπῐστᾰ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐστᾰ́της ho epistátēs	τὼ ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ epistátā	οἱ ἐπῐστᾰ́ται hoi epistátai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐστᾰ́του toû epistátou	τοῖν ἐπῐστᾰ́ταιν toîn epistátain	τῶν ἐπῐστᾰτῶν tôn epistatôn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐστᾰ́τῃ tôi epistátēi	τοῖν ἐπῐστᾰ́ταιν toîn epistátain	τοῖς ἐπῐστᾰ́ταις toîs epistátais
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐστᾰ́την tòn epistátēn	τὼ ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ epistátā	τοὺς ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱς toùs epistátās
Vocative	ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾰ epistáta	ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ epistátā	ἐπῐστᾰ́ται epistátai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Synonyms

• (suppliant): ἱκέτης (hikétēs)

Related terms

• ἐπιστατήρ (epistatḗr)

Descendants

• → French: épistate
• Greek: επιστάτης (epistátis)

Further reading

• “ἐπιστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press