episcopatus

Latin

Etymology

From episcopus +‎ -ātus.

Noun

episcopātus m (genitive episcopātūs); fourth declension (Late Latin)

1. (Late Latin) bishopric, episcopate

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	episcopātus	episcopātūs
Genitive	episcopātūs	episcopātuum
Dative	episcopātuī	episcopātibus
Accusative	episcopātum	episcopātūs
Ablative	episcopātū	episcopātibus
Vocative	episcopātus	episcopātūs

Related terms

• episcopus

Descendants

• Catalan: bisbat
• French: évêché, épiscopat
• Italian: vescovado
• Occitan: avescat

• Portuguese: bispado
• Sardinian: obsipau
• Spanish: obispado

References

• “episcopatus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• episcopatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• episcopatus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• episcopatus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016