Dictionary formepiscopus, episcopi(masculine)
Translation
bishop
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Grammar
Cases
| Case | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominativethe subject | episcopus | episcopi |
| Vocativecalling someone: O ... | episcope | episcopi |
| Accusativethe direct object; after ad, in (into), per | episcopum | episcopos |
| Genitiveof | episcopi | episcoporum |
| Dativeto, for | episcopo | episcopis |
| Ablativeby, with, from; after a, ab, cum, de, e, ex, in (in), sine | episcopo | episcopis |
Examples
regit.
The bishop governs his church.
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We all heard the bishop words.
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They sent the bishop into the city.
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He gave the bishop a long letter.
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The bishops gathered in council.
Episcopus, episcopi, m., is second declension and a straight import from Greek episkopos, "overseer" - epi plus skopeo, one who watches over. Classical Latin uses it rarely and secularly, for an inspector or a market officer, and that plain sense is still audible in the earliest Christian texts: the episcopus of the New Testament is not yet the medieval prince-bishop.
By the charter period it is one of the commonest nouns in the corpus, usually abbreviated eps or epc with a stroke through it. His seat is the sedes, his territory the dioecesis, and the adjective is episcopalis. English "bishop" is the same word ground down through Old English biscop, which is why "bishopric" and "episcopal" look unrelated but are not.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 5, lesson 10: episcopus, unda, membrum and 7 more words.