episcopus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (episkopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epi, “over”) + σκοπός (skopos, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

Noun

episcopus (genitive episcopī); m, second declension

1. (Later Latin) An overseer, supervisor, bishop; an official in a Christian church who governs a region of the church sometimes called a diocese, or a similar official in other religions.
2. (Later Latin, chess) bishop

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	episcopus	episcopī
genitive	episcopī	episcopōrum
dative	episcopō	episcopīs
accusative	episcopum	episcopōs
ablative	episcopō	episcopīs
vocative	episcope	episcopī

Derived terms

• archepiscopālis / archiepiscopālis
• archepiscopus / archiepiscopus
• episcopālis

Descendants

Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop Catalan: bisbe Dalmatian: pascu Dutch: bisschop English: bishop (through Old English, Germanic) French: évêque Friulian: vescul Galician: bispo German: Bischof Irish: easpag

Italian: vescovo, episcopo Occitan: avesque Portuguese: bispo Romansch: uvestg Sardinian: obíscu Scottish Gaelic: easbaig Sicilian: vìscuvu Spanish: obispo