antistes

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Latin

Etymology 1

From antistō.

Pronunciation

Noun

antistes m or f (genitive antistitis); third declension

  1. overseer
  2. high priest
    Synonym: pontifex
  3. master (of an art)
    Synonym: magister
  4. bishop
    Synonym: episcopus
  5. (female) overseer, chief priestess
Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative antistes antistitēs
Genitive antistitis antistitum
Dative antistitī antistitibus
Accusative antistitem antistitēs
Ablative antistite antistitibus
Vocative antistes antistitēs
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Portuguese: antístite
  • Romanian: antiste
  • Spanish: antístite

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

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.
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