episcopus

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

ĕpīscŏpus, i, m., = ἐπίσκοπος, an overseer, superintendent.

I In gen., Dig. 50, 4, 18, § 7; Inscr. Orell. 4024 (in Cic. Att. 7, 11 fin. , written as Greek).—

II In partic., a bishop (eccl. Lat.), Amm. 15, 7, 7; Vulg. Phil. 1, 1 al.