archimandrita

Italian

Etymology

From Latin archimandrīta, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌar.ki.manˈdri.ta/
• Rhymes: -ita
• Hyphenation: ar‧chi‧man‧drì‧ta

Noun

archimandrita m (plural archimandriti)

1. archimandrite

Further reading

• archimandrita in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• archimandrita in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs, “abbot”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ar.kʰi.manˈdriː.ta/, [ärkʰɪmän̪ˈd̪riːt̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.ki.manˈdri.ta/, [ärkimän̪ˈd̪riːt̪ä]

Noun

archimandrīta m (genitive archimandrītae); first declension

1. The superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church.
2. A chief or principal of monks; abbot.

   Synonym: abbās

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	archimandrīta	archimandrītae
genitive	archimandrītae	archimandrītārum
dative	archimandrītae	archimandrītīs
accusative	archimandrītam	archimandrītās
ablative	archimandrītā	archimandrītīs
vocative	archimandrīta	archimandrītae

Descendants

• Catalan: arximandrita
• English: archimandrite
• Galician: arquimandrita
• Italian: archimandrita
• Portuguese: arquimandrita
• Spanish: archimandrita

References

• “archimandrita”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• archimandrita 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)
• archimandrita in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin archimandrīta, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιμανδρίτης (arkhimandrítēs).

Noun

archimandrita m (plural archimandritas)

1. archimandrite (the superior of a large monastery, or group of monasteries, in the Orthodox Church)

Further reading

• “archimandrita”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28