Latin edit

Etymology 1 edit

From antistō.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

antistes m or f (genitive antistitis); third declension

  1. overseer
  2. high priest
    Synonym: pontifex
  3. master (of an art)
    Synonym: magister
  4. bishop
    Synonym: episcopus
  5. (female) overseer, chief priestess
Declension edit

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antistes antistitēs
Genitive antistitis antistitum
Dative antistitī antistitibus
Accusative antistitem antistitēs
Ablative antistite antistitibus
Vocative antistes antistitēs
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
  • Portuguese: antístite
  • Romanian: antiste
  • Spanish: antístite

Etymology 2 edit

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

antistēs

  1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of antistō

References edit

  • antistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • antistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • antistes 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)
  • antistes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.