archiepiscopus

Latin

Alternative forms

• archepiscopus

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.eˈpis.ko.pus/, [ärkʰiɛˈpɪs̠kɔpʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.eˈpis.ko.pus/, [ärkieˈpiskopus]

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

Derived terms

• archiepiscopālis

Related terms

• archielectus
• episcopus

Descendants

• Asturian: arzobispu
• Catalan: arquebisbe
• Old French: archevesque
  • Middle French: archevesque
    • French: archevêque
    • Norman: archêvêque
  • → Middle English: erchevesque
• Friulian: arcivescul
• Old Galician-Portuguese:
  • Galician: arcebispo
  • Portuguese: arcebispo
• Italian: arcivescovo
• Neapolitan: arcepiscopo
• Romansch: archuvestg, arzuestg
• Sardinian: alcièscamu, atzibèscamu, archibíscamu
• Old Spanish: arçobispo
  • Spanish: arzobispo
    • Chavacano: arzobispo
    • → Bikol Central: arsobispo
    • → Cebuano: arsobispo
    • → Chibcha: arçobispo
    • → Hiligaynon: arsobispo
    • → Ilocano: arsobispo
    • → Tagalog: arsobispo
  • → Andalusian Arabic: ارصبشب (arṣubišbu)
• → Old Czech: arcibiskup
  • Czech: arcibiskup
  • → Old Polish: arcibiskup
• → Middle Dutch: ertsbisschop
  • Dutch: aartsbisschop
• → Old English: arċebisċop, ærċebisċop, erċebisċop
  • Middle English: erchebischop, archebischop
    • English: archbishop
  • → Old Norse: erkibiskup
    • Icelandic: erkibiskup
    • Norwegian Nynorsk: erkebiskop
    • Norwegian Bokmål: erkebiskop
• →⇒ English: archiepiscopal
• → Old High German: erzibiscof
  • Middle High German: erzebischof
    • German: Erzbischof
• →? Hungarian: érsek
• → Old Polish: arcybiskup, jarcybiskup
  • Polish: arcybiskup, archibiskup (Middle Polish)
    • → Vilamovian: arcybisku̇p
  • Silesian: arcybiskup
• → Slovak: arcibiskup
• → Middle Welsh: archescop
  • Welsh: archesgob

References

• “archiepiscopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• archiepiscopus 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)
• archiepiscopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.