"episcopus" meaning in Latin

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Noun

IPA: /eˈpis.ko.pus/ [Classical], [ɛˈpɪs̠kɔpʊs̠] [Classical], /eˈpis.ko.pus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [eˈpiskopus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”). Etymology templates: {{bor|la|grc|ἐπίσκοπος||overseer}} Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), {{m|grc|ἐπί||over}} ἐπί (epí, “over”), {{m|grc|σκοπός||watcher, lookout, guardian}} σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”) Head templates: {{la-noun|episcopus<2>}} episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|episcopus<2>}} Forms: episcopī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], episcopus [nominative, singular], episcopī [nominative, plural], episcopī [genitive, singular], episcopōrum [genitive, plural], episcopō [dative, singular], episcopīs [dative, plural], episcopum [accusative, singular], episcopōs [accusative, plural], episcopō [ablative, singular], episcopīs [ablative, plural], episcope [singular, vocative], episcopī [plural, vocative]
  1. (Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese Tags: Late-Latin, declension-2, masculine Derived forms: antiepiscopus, archepiscopālis, archiepiscopālis, archepiscopus, archiepiscopus, episcopālis

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      "templates": [
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          "args": {
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            "2": "pascu"
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          "expansion": "Dalmatian: pascu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: pascu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: piscup",
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        }
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      "text": "Romanian: piscup"
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        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: èvèque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "vëscu"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: vëscu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: vëscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vescovo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vescovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vescovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
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          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: piscopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: piscopo"
    },
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      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
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          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: viscuvu, viscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
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          },
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          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: evesque\nMiddle French: evesque\nFrench: évêque\nHaitian Creole: evèk\n→ Khmer: អេវ៉េគ (ʼeeveek)\n→ Malagasy: eveka\n→ Old Occitan: evesque, avesque, vesque\nOccitan: avesque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
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          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: bisbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: bisbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bisbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bisbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bisbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "vescul"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: vescul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: vescul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "uvestg"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: uvestg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: uvestg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "obíscu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: obíscu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: obíscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "vescovo",
            "3": "vesco"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: vescovo, vesco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: vescovo, vesco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "obispu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: obispu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: obispu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "obispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: obispo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: obispo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ipeshkv",
            "3": "peshkop",
            "4": "upeshk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop, upeshk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop, upeshk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Celtic borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*eskob"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *eskob",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *eskob (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "epscop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: epscop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: epscop (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Germanic borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "bischop"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: bischop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: bischop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "bisschop"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: bisschop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: bisschop (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bisċop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: bisċop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "*biscopo"
          },
          "expansion": "*biscopo",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via British Latin *biscopo"
          },
          "expansion": "(via British Latin *biscopo)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bisċop (via British Latin *biscopo) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "biscof"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: biscof",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: biscof (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "bisp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: bisp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: bisp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "piispa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: piispa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: piispa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "biskop",
            "3": "bisp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: biskop, bisp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: biskop, bisp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "episcopo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: episcopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: episcopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "бискоупъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "epíscopo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: epíscopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: epíscopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ unsorted borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "piiskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: piiskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: piiskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "püspök"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: püspök",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Germanic or Slavic"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Germanic or Slavic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: püspök (via Germanic or Slavic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "bīskaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: bīskaps",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: bīskaps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "vyskupas"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: vyskupas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: vyskupas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "bīskups"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Prussian: bīskups",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Prussian: bīskups"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sm",
            "2": "'epikopō"
          },
          "expansion": "Samoan: 'epikopō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Samoan: 'epikopō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "škof"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: škof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: škof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "ביסקופּ"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: ביסקופּ (biskup)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: ביסקופּ (biskup)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπίσκοπος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "overseer"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐπί",
        "3": "",
        "4": "over"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐπί (epí, “over”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκοπός",
        "3": "",
        "4": "watcher, lookout, guardian"
      },
      "expansion": "σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcope",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "episcopus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "episcopus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Late Latin",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "antiepiscopus"
        },
        {
          "word": "archepiscopālis"
        },
        {
          "word": "archiepiscopālis"
        },
        {
          "word": "archepiscopus"
        },
        {
          "word": "archiepiscopus"
        },
        {
          "word": "episcopālis"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese"
      ],
      "id": "en-episcopus-la-noun-B8zYo0mD",
      "links": [
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ],
        [
          "diocese",
          "diocese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.ko.pus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛˈpɪs̠kɔpʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.ko.pus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈpiskopus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "episcopus"
}
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "antiepiscopus"
    },
    {
      "word": "archepiscopālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "archiepiscopālis"
    },
    {
      "word": "archepiscopus"
    },
    {
      "word": "archiepiscopus"
    },
    {
      "word": "episcopālis"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "pascu"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: pascu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: pascu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Eastern Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "piscup"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: piscup",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: piscup"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "frp",
            "2": "èvèque"
          },
          "expansion": "Franco-Provençal: èvèque",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Franco-Provençal: èvèque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Gallo-Italic:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pms",
            "2": "vëscu"
          },
          "expansion": "Piedmontese: vëscu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Piedmontese: vëscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Italo-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "vescovo"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: vescovo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: vescovo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nap",
            "2": "piscopo"
          },
          "expansion": "Neapolitan: piscopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Neapolitan: piscopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "viscuvu",
            "3": "viscu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: viscuvu, viscu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: viscuvu, viscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "evesque"
          },
          "expansion": "Old French: evesque\nMiddle French: evesque\nFrench: évêque\nHaitian Creole: evèk\n→ Khmer: អេវ៉េគ (ʼeeveek)\n→ Malagasy: eveka\n→ Old Occitan: evesque, avesque, vesque\nOccitan: avesque",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old French: evesque\nMiddle French: evesque\nFrench: évêque\nHaitian Creole: evèk\n→ Khmer: អេវ៉េគ (ʼeeveek)\n→ Malagasy: eveka\n→ Old Occitan: evesque, avesque, vesque\nOccitan: avesque"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pro",
            "2": "bisbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Occitan: bisbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Occitan: bisbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "bisbe"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: bisbe",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: bisbe"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "Rhaeto-Romance:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "vescul"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: vescul",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: vescul"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "uvestg"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: uvestg",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: uvestg"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "obíscu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: obíscu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: obíscu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "vec",
            "2": "vescovo",
            "3": "vesco"
          },
          "expansion": "Venetian: vescovo, vesco",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Venetian: vescovo, vesco"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "West Iberian:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "obispu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: obispu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: obispu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-opt",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Galician-Portuguese: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "bispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: bispo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: bispo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "osp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Spanish:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Spanish:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "obispo"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: obispo",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: obispo (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sq",
            "2": "ipeshkv",
            "3": "peshkop",
            "4": "upeshk",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop, upeshk",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Albanian: ipeshkv, peshkop, upeshk"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Celtic borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cel-bry-pro",
            "2": "*eskob"
          },
          "expansion": "Proto-Brythonic: *eskob",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Proto-Brythonic: *eskob (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sga",
            "2": "epscop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Irish: epscop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Irish: epscop (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ Germanic borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "odt",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Dutch: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Dutch: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dum",
            "2": "bischop"
          },
          "expansion": "Middle Dutch: bischop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Middle Dutch: bischop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "bisschop"
          },
          "expansion": "Dutch: bisschop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dutch: bisschop (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 5,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "af",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Afrikaans: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Afrikaans: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ang",
            "2": "bisċop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old English: bisċop",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "la",
            "2": "*biscopo"
          },
          "expansion": "*biscopo",
          "name": "l"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via British Latin *biscopo"
          },
          "expansion": "(via British Latin *biscopo)",
          "name": "q"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old English: bisċop (via British Latin *biscopo) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ofs",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Frisian: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Frisian: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "stq",
            "2": "Biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Saterland Frisian: Biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Saterland Frisian: Biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fy",
            "2": "biskop"
          },
          "expansion": "West Frisian: biskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "West Frisian: biskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "goh",
            "2": "biscof"
          },
          "expansion": "Old High German: biscof",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old High German: biscof (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-osw",
            "2": "bisp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Swedish: bisp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Swedish: bisp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "piispa",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: piispa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: piispa"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gmq-oda",
            "2": "biskop",
            "3": "bisp"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Danish: biskop, bisp",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Danish: biskop, bisp"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "episcopo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Italian: episcopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Italian: episcopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cu",
            "2": "бискоупъ",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ)",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {},
          "expansion": "(see there for further descendants)",
          "name": "see desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old Church Slavonic: бискоупъ (biskupŭ) (see there for further descendants)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "epíscopo",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Portuguese: epíscopo",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Portuguese: epíscopo"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [],
      "text": "→ unsorted borrowings"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "et",
            "2": "piiskop"
          },
          "expansion": "Estonian: piiskop",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Estonian: piiskop"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "hu",
            "2": "püspök"
          },
          "expansion": "Hungarian: püspök",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "via Germanic or Slavic"
          },
          "expansion": "(via Germanic or Slavic)",
          "name": "q"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Hungarian: püspök (via Germanic or Slavic)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lv",
            "2": "bīskaps"
          },
          "expansion": "Latvian: bīskaps",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Latvian: bīskaps"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "lt",
            "2": "vyskupas"
          },
          "expansion": "Lithuanian: vyskupas",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Lithuanian: vyskupas"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "prg",
            "2": "bīskups"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Prussian: bīskups",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Prussian: bīskups"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sm",
            "2": "'epikopō"
          },
          "expansion": "Samoan: 'epikopō",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Samoan: 'epikopō"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sl",
            "2": "škof"
          },
          "expansion": "Slovene: škof",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Slovene: škof"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "yi",
            "2": "ביסקופּ"
          },
          "expansion": "Yiddish: ביסקופּ (biskup)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Yiddish: ביסקופּ (biskup)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἐπίσκοπος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "overseer"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "ἐπί",
        "3": "",
        "4": "over"
      },
      "expansion": "ἐπί (epí, “over”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "σκοπός",
        "3": "",
        "4": "watcher, lookout, guardian"
      },
      "expansion": "σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer”), from ἐπί (epí, “over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcope",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "episcopī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "episcopus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "episcopus m (genitive episcopī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "episcopus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Late Latin",
        "Latin 4-syllable words",
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin lemmas",
        "Latin masculine nouns",
        "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
        "Latin nouns",
        "Latin second declension nouns",
        "Latin terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "bishop",
          "bishop"
        ],
        [
          "diocese",
          "diocese"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Late Latin) an overseer, supervisor, bishop in a Christian church who governs a diocese"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Late-Latin",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.ko.pus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ɛˈpɪs̠kɔpʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/eˈpis.ko.pus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[eˈpiskopus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "word": "episcopus"
}

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