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episcopus
episcopus
Latin
Noun
episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension
- (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.
- (Later Latin, chess) A bishop.
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
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| 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
See also
| Chess pieces in Latin · latrunculi, milites scaccorum (layout · text) | |||||
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| rex | regina | turris | episcopus | eques | pedes |
References
- episcopus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- EPISCOPUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “episcopus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.