ἐπιστάτης
See also: επιστάτης
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἐφίσταμαι [ἐπι-στα-] (ephístamai [epi-sta-], “stand on, over, or near”) + -της (-tēs, masculine agent noun suffix): literally, one who stands on, over, or near something or someone.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /e.pis.tá.tɛːs/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /e.pisˈta.te̝s/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /e.pisˈta.tis/
Noun
ἐπῐστᾰ́της • (epistátēs) m (genitive ἐπῐστᾰ́του); first declension (Epic, Attic, Koine)
- suppliant
- chief, commander
- president of a board or assembly, chairman
- overseer, superintendent
Declension
First declension of ὁ ἐπῐστᾰ́της; τοῦ ἐπῐστᾰ́του (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ ἐπῐστᾰ́της ho epistátēs | τὼ ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ epistátā | οἱ ἐπῐστᾰ́ται hoi epistátai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ ἐπῐστᾰ́του toû epistátou | τοῖν ἐπῐστᾰ́ταιν toîn epistátain | τῶν ἐπῐστᾰτῶν tôn epistatôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ ἐπῐστᾰ́τῃ tôi epistátēi | τοῖν ἐπῐστᾰ́ταιν toîn epistátain | τοῖς ἐπῐστᾰ́ταις toîs epistátais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν ἐπῐστᾰ́την tòn epistátēn | τὼ ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ tṑ epistátā | τοὺς ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱς toùs epistátās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾰ epistáta | ἐπῐστᾰ́τᾱ epistátā | ἐπῐστᾰ́ται epistátai | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (suppliant): ἱκέτης (hikétēs)
Related terms
- ἐπιστατήρ (epistatḗr)
Descendants
- → French: épistate
- Greek: επιστάτης (epistátis)
Further reading
- “ἐπιστάτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press