chorepiscopus
English
Etymology
Latin , from Ancient Greek χωρεπίσκοπος (khōrepískopos); χώρα (khṓra, “place, country”) + ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “overseer, bishop”) (from ἐπί (epí, “on, upon, over”) + σκοπός (skopós, “watcher”)). Compare bishop.
Noun
chorepiscopus (plural chorepiscopi or chorepiscopuses)
- A country or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.
Latin
Noun
chōrepiscopus m (genitive chōrepiscopī); second declension
- suffragan (assistant bishop)
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | chōrepiscopus | chōrepiscopī |
| Genitive | chōrepiscopī | chōrepiscopōrum |
| Dative | chōrepiscopō | chōrepiscopīs |
| Accusative | chōrepiscopum | chōrepiscopōs |
| Ablative | chōrepiscopō | chōrepiscopīs |
| Vocative | chōrepiscope | chōrepiscopī |
References
- “chorepiscopus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- chorepiscopus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- chorepiscopus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016