antistes

Latin

Etymology 1

From antistō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.tes/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪs̠t̪ɛs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.tes/, [än̪ˈt̪ist̪es]

Noun

antistes m or f (genitive antistitis); third declension

1. overseer
2. high priest

   Synonym: pontifex m

3. master (of an art)

   Synonym: magister m

4. bishop

   Synonym: episcopus m

5. (female) overseer, chief priestess

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	antistes	antistitēs
genitive	antistitis	antistitum
dative	antistitī	antistitibus
accusative	antistitem	antistitēs
ablative	antistite	antistitibus
vocative	antistes	antistitēs

Derived terms

• antistita f
• antistitium n

Descendants

• →? Portuguese: antístite
• →? Romanian: antiste
• →? Spanish: antístite

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.teːs/, [än̪ˈt̪ɪs̠t̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /anˈtis.tes/, [än̪ˈt̪ist̪es]

Verb

antistēs

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of antistō

References

• “antistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “antistes”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• antistes in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• antistes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.