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noun · masculinesecond declension

archīāter

archīāter m (genitive archīātrī)
Classical[ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr]Ecclesiastical[ar.kiˈaː.ter]

Meaning

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

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearchīāterarchīātrī
genitivearchīātrīarchīātrōrum
dativearchīātrōarchīātrīs
accusativearchīātrumarchīātrōs
ablativearchīātrōarchīātrīs
vocativearchīāterarchīātrī

Origins

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

Descendants
  • Catalanarquiatre
  • Frencharchiatre
  • Italianarchiatra
  • Portuguesearquiatro
  • Englisharchiater
  • Galicianarquiatro
  • Basqueatxeter
  • Finnisharkkiatri
  • Swedisharkiater
  • Proto-West Germanic*arcijātārī

In English words that came into English from archīāter

  • archiaterarchīāter

In the Academy Smith's classical dictionaries

AntiquitiesArchiaterArchiater (ἀρχίατρος, compounded of ἀρχὸς, a chief, and ἰατρός, a physician), a medical title under the Roman emperors, the exact signification of whi…

Quick answers

What does archīāter mean in Latin?
archīāter, a noun, means “physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler.”.
What is the genitive of archīāter?
The genitive singular is archīātrī. archīāter is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce archīāter?
In classical Latin, [ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.kiˈaː.ter].