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archiater

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Etymology

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From French archiâtre, from Latin archīāter. Compare arch-, iatro-, -iatry.

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archiater (plural archiaters)

  1. (historical) The chief, or highest-ranked physician of a prince, city or country, such as the Holy Roman Empire
    • 1834, “ARCHIATER”, in Penny Cyclopaedia:
      in his edition of Cicero's Oration for Archias , Lemgo , and Denmark , however , the dignity of Archiater still exists
    • 1884, J. W. S. Gouley, “Recollecions of Dr. Alonzo Clark”, in Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year 1884:
      He brought into private practice and made the best use of these methods of precision which he had employed as a teacher, soon became the archiater of New York, and was esteemed as much for his gentle qualities as for his professional ability

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”).

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archīāter m (genitive archīātrī); second declension

  1. physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler.

Declension

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Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

singular plural
nominative archīāter archīātrī
genitive archīātrī archīātrōrum
dative archīātrō archīātrīs
accusative archīātrum archīātrōs
ablative archīātrō archīātrīs
vocative archīāter archīātrī

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  • “archiater”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “archiater”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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