archiater

== English == === Etymology === From French archiâtre, from Latin archīāter. Compare arch-, iatro-, -iatry. === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɑɹkiˌeɪtɚ/ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɑːkiˌeɪtə/ Hyphenation: ar‧​chi‧​a‧​ter === Noun === archiater (plural archiaters) (historical) The chief, or highest-ranked physician of a prince, city or country, such as the Holy Roman Empire ==== Translations ==== === References === “archiater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Latin == === Alternative forms === archīātrus === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ar.kiˈaː.ter] === Noun === archīāter m (genitive archīātrī); second declension physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler. ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er). ==== Descendants ==== Catalan: arquiatre French: archiatre Galician: arquiatro Italian: archiatra Portuguese: arquiatro → Basque: atxeter → English: archiater → Finnish: arkkiatri → Swedish: arkiater → Proto-West Germanic: *arcijātārī (see there for further descendants) === References === “archiater”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “archiater”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin