# ἐπίσκοπος
## Ancient Greek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /e.pís.ko.pos/ → /eˈpis.ko.pos/ → /eˈpis.ko.pos/
* (5th BCE Attic) IPA: /e.pís.ko.pos/
* (1st CE Egyptian) IPA: /eˈpis.ko.pos/
* (4th CE Koine) IPA: /eˈpis.ko.pos/
* (10th CE Byzantine) IPA: /eˈpis.ko.pos/
* (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA: /eˈpis.ko.pos/

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m (genitive ἐπισκόπου); second declension
* watcher, guardian
* scout, watch
* overseer, supervisor, inspector
* (Christianity) an ecclesiastical superintendent, bishop

##### Descendants

* Greek: επίσκοπος (epískopos)
** → Ottoman Turkish: پسقپوس (piskopos), փիսգօփօս (piskopos) — Armeno-Turkish
*** 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

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

ἐπίσκοπος • (epískopos) m or f (neuter ἐπίσκοπον); second declension
* hitting the mark, target
* successful

##### Inflection
### Further reading

* “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
* ἐπίσκοπος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
* Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
* ἐπίσκοπος in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
* “ἐπίσκοπος”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
* G1985 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
* Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited. guard idem, page 376.guardian idem, page 377.inspector idem, page 445.overseer idem, page 586.protector idem, page 653.steward idem, page 816.superintendent idem, page 839.supervisor idem, page 840.tutelary idem, page 903.warder idem, page 964.watcher idem, page 967.