archiater

archiater

English

Etymology

From French archiâtre, from Latin archiater. Compare arch-, iatro-, -iatry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹkiˌeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːkiˌeɪtə/
• Hyphenation: ar‧​chi‧​a‧​ter

Noun

archiater (plural archiaters)

1. (historical) Formerly, in continental Europe, the chief physician of a prince or city.

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   • 1879, J. Grantː

     The title of Archiater, or Dean to the College of Physicians.

Translations

the chief physician of a prince or city

French: archiatre (fr) m German: Archiater m, Leibarzt (de) m

Italian: archiatra (it) m Portuguese: arquiatro m, arquíatro m

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for archiater in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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Latin

Alternative forms

• archīātrus

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰiːˈaː.ter/, [ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr]

Noun

archīāter m (genitive archīātrī); second declension

1. physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler.

Declension

Second declension, nominative singular in -er.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	archīāter	archīātrī
Genitive	archīātrī	archīātrōrum
Dative	archīātrō	archīātrīs
Accusative	archīātrum	archīātrōs
Ablative	archīātrō	archīātrīs
Vocative	archīāter	archīātrī

Descendants

Descendants

• → Old Dutch: ercetere
  • Middle Dutch: ersetere, arseter, arsete, aerste
    • Dutch: arts
• → Finnish: arkkiatri
• → Old High German: arzat
  • Middle High German: arzet
    • German: Arzt
• Italian: archiatra
• → Middle Low German: arste
  • → Estonian: arst
  • → Latvian: ārsts

References

• archiater in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• archiater in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin