ἐπίσκοπος

See also: επίσκοπος

Ancient Greek

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “watcher, lookout, guardian”).

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m (genitive ἐπισκόπου); second declension

Second declension of ὁ ἐπῐ́σκοπος; τοῦ ἐπῐσκόπου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐπῐ́σκοπος ho epĭ́skopos	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ epĭskópō	οἱ ἐπῐ́σκοποι hoi epĭ́skopoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐσκόπου toû epĭskópou	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn epĭskópoin	τῶν ἐπῐσκόπων tôn epĭskópōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐσκόπῳ tōî epĭskópōi	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn epĭskópoin	τοῖς ἐπῐσκόποις toîs epĭskópois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́σκοπον tòn epĭ́skopon	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ epĭskópō	τοὺς ἐπῐσκόπους toùs epĭskópous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epĭ́skope	ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epĭ́skopoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos) (see there for further descendants)
→ Aghwan: 𐔼𐕚𐕄𐔰𐕗𐕒𐕚 (isḳaṗos)
→ Arabic: أسقف (osqof) (see there for further descendants)
→ Aramaic: אפיסקופא (see there for further descendants)
→ Bulgarian: епископ (episkop)
→ Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
→ Georgian: ეპისკოპოსი (eṗisḳoṗosi), ეპისკოპოზი (eṗisḳoṗozi)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 (aipiskaupus)
→ Latin: episcopus, *biscopu (see there for further descendants)
→ Macedonian: епископ (episkop)
→ Middle Persian: *uskōpā
- Persian: سکوبا (sokubâ)
→ Old Armenian: եպիսկոպոս (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
→ Old Church Slavonic: ѥпискоупъ (jepiskupŭ)
→ Old East Slavic: епископъ (jepiskopŭ), епискꙋпъ (jepiskupŭ), ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
- Belarusian: епіскап (jepiskap)
- Russian: епи́скоп (jepískop) (see there for further descendants)
- Ukrainian: єпископ (jepyskop)
→ Old Novgorodian: ѥпископъ (jepiskopŭ)
→ Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic script: ѐпископ

Latin script: èpiskop

From ἐπι- (epi-, “upon”) +‎ σκοπός (skopós, “aim, target”).

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m or f (neuter ἐπίσκοπον); second declension

Second declension of ἐπῐ́σκοπος; ἐπῐ́σκοπον (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἐπῐ́σκοπος epĭ́skopos		ἐπῐ́σκοπον epĭ́skopon	ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō		ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epĭ́skopoi		ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epĭ́skopă
Genitive	ἐπῐσκόπου epĭskópou		ἐπῐσκόπου epĭskópou	ἐπῐσκόποιν epĭskópoin		ἐπῐσκόποιν epĭskópoin	ἐπῐσκόπων epĭskópōn		ἐπῐσκόπων epĭskópōn
Dative	ἐπῐσκόπῳ epĭskópōi		ἐπῐσκόπῳ epĭskópōi	ἐπῐσκόποιν epĭskópoin		ἐπῐσκόποιν epĭskópoin	ἐπῐσκόποις epĭskópois		ἐπῐσκόποις epĭskópois
Accusative	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epĭ́skopon		ἐπῐ́σκοπον epĭ́skopon	ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō		ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō	ἐπῐσκόπους epĭskópous		ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epĭ́skopă
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epĭ́skope		ἐπῐ́σκοπον epĭ́skopon	ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō		ἐπῐσκόπω epĭskópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epĭ́skopoi		ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epĭ́skopă
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐσκόπως epĭskópōs			ἐπῐσκοπώτερος epĭskopṓteros			ἐπῐσκοπώτᾰτος epĭskopṓtătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.