archiepiscopus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, first, chief) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, overseer), from ἐπισκοπέω (episkopéō, I watch over), from ἐπί (epí, over), + σκοπέω (skopéō, I examine).

Pronunciation

Noun

archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī); second declension

  1. (Late Latin, Ecclesiastical Latin) archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative archiepiscopus archiepiscopī
Genitive archiepiscopī archiepiscopōrum
Dative archiepiscopō archiepiscopīs
Accusative archiepiscopum archiepiscopōs
Ablative archiepiscopō archiepiscopīs
Vocative archiepiscope archiepiscopī

Derived terms

Descendants

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