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 epískopos	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ episkópō	οἱ ἐπῐ́σκοποι hoi epískopoi
Genitive	τοῦ ἐπῐσκόπου toû episkópou	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn episkópoin	τῶν ἐπῐσκόπων tôn episkópōn
Dative	τῷ ἐπῐσκόπῳ tôi episkópōi	τοῖν ἐπῐσκόποιν toîn episkópoin	τοῖς ἐπῐσκόποις toîs episkópois
Accusative	τὸν ἐπῐ́σκοπον tòn epískopon	τὼ ἐπῐσκόπω tṑ episkópō	τοὺς ἐπῐσκόπους toùs episkópous
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epískope	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos)
- → Ottoman Turkish: پسقپوس (piskopos), փիսգօփօս (piskopos)
  - Turkish: piskopos
- → Romanian: episcop
→ Aghwan: 𐔼𐕚𐕄𐔰𐕗𐕒𐕚 (isḳaṗos)
→ Arabic: أسقف (osqof) (see there for further descendants)
→ Aramaic: אפיסקופא
Classical Syriac: ܐܦܝܣܩܘܦܐ
→ Bulgarian: епископ (episkop)
→ Coptic: ⲉⲡⲓⲥⲕⲟⲡⲟⲥ (episkopos) (see there for further descendants)
→ Georgian: ეპისკოპოსი (eṗisḳoṗosi), ეპისკოპოზი (eṗisḳoṗozi)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍀𐌹𐍃𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍀𐌿𐍃 (aipiskaupus)
→ Latin: episcopus, *ebiscopus, *biscopus, *biscopo (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 (episkopŭ), епискꙋпъ (episkupŭ), 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 epískopos	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Genitive	ἐπῐσκόπου episkópou	ἐπῐσκόπου episkópou	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόπων episkópōn	ἐπῐσκόπων episkópōn
Dative	ἐπῐσκόπῳ episkópōi	ἐπῐσκόπῳ episkópōi	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποιν episkópoin	ἐπῐσκόποις episkópois	ἐπῐσκόποις episkópois
Accusative	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπους episkópous	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Vocative	ἐπῐ́σκοπε epískope	ἐπῐ́σκοπον epískopon	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐσκόπω episkópō	ἐπῐ́σκοποι epískopoi	ἐπῐ́σκοπᾰ epískopa
Derived forms	Adverb		Comparative		Superlative
Derived forms	ἐπῐσκόπως episkópōs		ἐπῐσκοπώτερος episkopṓteros		ἐπῐσκοπώτᾰτος episkopṓtatos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.