catepan

English

Alternative forms

• catapan

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek κατεπάνω (katepánō, literally “[the one] placed at the top, or the topmost”).

Noun

catepan (plural catepans)

1. (historical) The governor of a catepanate such as the Catepanate of Italy, a Byzantine province.

Translations

governor

• Greek:

  Ancient: κατεπάνω (katepánō)

• Italian: catapano (it)
• Russian: катепа́н m (katepán)