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ἐπίσκοπος

Second declension Noun; Masculine 자동번역 기독교 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἐπίσκοπος ἐπισκόπου

Structure: ἐπισκοπ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. watcher, guardian
  2. scout, watch
  3. overseer, supervisor, inspector
  4. (Christianity) an ecclesiastical superintendent, bishop

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • αὕτη ἡ μερὶσ ἀνθρώπου ἀσεβοῦσ παρὰ Κυρίου, καὶ κτῆμα ὑπαρχόντων αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ ἐπισκόπου. (Septuagint, Liber Iob 20:29)
  • λέγεταί τινα Σάμβικον Ἠλεῖον ἔχοντα πολλοὺσ ὑφ’ ἑαυτῷ συνεργοὺσ πολλὰ περικόψαι τῶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ χαλκῶν ἀναθημάτων καὶ ἀποδόσθαι, τέλοσ δὲ συλῆσαι τὸ τῆσ ἐπισκόπου Ἀρτέμιδοσ ἱερόν τοῦτο δ’ ἐστὶ μὲν ἐν Ἤλιδι, καλεῖται δ’ Ἀριστάρχειον. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 47 1:1)
  • ’" λέγεταί τινα Σάμβικον Ἠλεῖον ἔχοντα πολλοὺσ ὑφ’ ἑαυτῷ συνεργοὺσ πολλὰ περικόψαι τῶν ἐν Ὀλυμπίᾳ χαλκῶν ἀναθημάτων καὶ ἀποδόσθαι, τέλοσ δὲ συλῆσαι τὸ τῆσ ἐπισκόπου Ἀρτέμιδοσ ἱερόν· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Graecae, section 472)

Synonyms

  1. watcher

  2. scout

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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