LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinesecond declension

archiepiscopus

archiepiscopus m (genitive archiepiscopī)
Classical[ar.kʰi.ɛˈpɪs.kɔ.pʊs]Ecclesiastical[ar.ki.eˈpis.ko.pus]

Meaning

  1. EcclesiasticalLate LatinLatinmasculinearchbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativearchiepiscopusarchiepiscopī
genitivearchiepiscopīarchiepiscopōrum
dativearchiepiscopōarchiepiscopīs
accusativearchiepiscopumarchiepiscopōs
ablativearchiepiscopōarchiepiscopīs
vocativearchiepiscopearchiepiscopī

archĭĕpiscŏpus, i, m., = ἀρχιεπίσκοπος,
I. an archbishop, Cod. Just. 1, 1, 7.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂er-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ergʰ-der.?
  3. Ancient Greek ἄρχω(árkhō)
  4. Ancient Greek ἀρχι-(arkhi-)
  5. Latinarchiepiscopus

Proto-Indo-European *h₁ep-der. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épsder. Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi Proto-Hellenic *epí Ancient Greek ἐπί (epí) Ancient Greek ἐπι- (epi-) Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Hellenic *sképt͏̌omai Ancient Greek σκέπτομαι (sképtomai) Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Hellenic *-ós ▲ Ancient Greek -ος (-os)influ. Ancient Greek -ός (-ós) Ancient Greek σκοπός (skopós) Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos) Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos)bor. Latin archiepiscopus Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιεπίσκοπος (arkhiepískopos), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos).

Elsewhere
  • Catalanarquebisbe
  • Frencharchevêquefrom Old French archevesque
  • Italianarcivescovo
  • Sardinianalcièscamu
  • Sardinianatzibèscamu
  • Sardinianarchibíscamu
  • Spanisharzobispofrom Old Spanish arçobispo
  • Englisharchbishopfrom Old English arċebisċop
  • Englisharchiepiscopal
  • GermanErzbischoffrom Old High German erzibiscof
Old Galician-Portuguese
  • Portuguesearcebispo
  • Galicianarcebispo

In English words that came into English from archiepiscopus

  • archbishoparchiepiscopus

Quick answers

What does archiepiscopus mean in Latin?
archiepiscopus, a noun, means “archbishop; a bishop who heads or presides over a group of dioceses called a province.”.
What is the genitive of archiepiscopus?
The genitive singular is archiepiscopī. archiepiscopus is masculine, second declension.
How do you pronounce archiepiscopus?
In classical Latin, [ar.kʰi.ɛˈpɪs.kɔ.pʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ar.ki.eˈpis.ko.pus].
Where does archiepiscopus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂er-der.? → Proto-Indo-European *h₂ergʰ-der.? → Ancient Greek ἄρχω (árkhō) → Ancient Greek ἀρχι- (arkhi-) → Latin archiepiscopus.