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)

1. (historical) Formerly, in continental Europe, the chief physician of a prince or city.
   • 1834, “ARCHIATER”, in Penny Cyclopaedia:

     in his edition of Cicero's Oration for Archias , Lemgo , and Denmark , however , the dignity of Archiater still exists

   • 1884, J. W. S. Gouley, “Recollecions of Dr. Alonzo Clark”, in Transactions of the New York State Medical Association for the Year 1884:

     He brought into private practice and made the best use of these methods of precision which he had employed as a teacher, soon became the archiater of New York, and was esteemed as much for his gentle qualities as for his professional ability

Translations

the chief physician of a prince or city

• Catalan: arquiatre m
• Finnish: arkkiatri (fi)
• French: archiatre (fr) m, archiâtre (fr) m
• German: Archiater m, Leibarzt (de) m
• Italian: archiatra (it) m
• Portuguese: arquiatro m, arquíatro m
• Swedish: arkiater (sv) c, livläkare (sv) c

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “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.ter/, [ärkʰiːˈäːt̪ɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ar.kiˈa.ter/, [ärkiˈäːt̪er]

Noun

archīāter m (genitive archīātrī); second declension

1. physician, especially a chief physician of a ruler.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

	singular	plural
nominative	archīāter	archīātrī
genitive	archīātrī	archīātrōrum
dative	archīātrō	archīātrīs
accusative	archīātrum	archīātrōs
ablative	archīātrō	archīātrīs
vocative	archīāter	archīātrī

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