Episcopio

Episcopio
This early and very interesting surname, popular throughout Europe, is of Ancient Greek, pre Christian, origins. It derives from the word "episkopos", translating as the overseer, from the elements "epi", meaning on or over, plus "skopein", to look. The early Christians adopted the word for the headman of their local communities, and from the 4th century a.d. it was applied to a religious leader. Derivatives of "episkopos" include for example "obispo", in Spanish, and "bischof" in German, and "yepiskop" in Russian.. However spelt, and there are over one hundred forms ranging from Bisp, Evesque and Vesque, to Vesco, Bischop, Yepiskopov, and Piscotti, the surname did not refer to a bishop as such. It was either occupational, and described somebody who served in the household of a bishop, or it was a nickname for a person who played the part of a bishop in the travelling theatres of the medieval period. In England there was the strange custom of electing a "boy bishop" on St. Nicholas's Day, the 6th of December, and some nameholders may well derive from that source. The earliest of all surnames and hence their recordings are in England and Germany. These date from the 12th century and examples include Thurstan le Byssop, of the county of Essex in the year 1240, and Berchtoldus Episcopus of Oberweiler, Germany, in 1296, and Haintz der Pischoffer of Tiefenbach, Germany, in 1396. The first recorded spelling of the surname anywhere in the world is believed to be that of Lefwinus Bissop, which was dated 1166, in the Pipe Rolls of the city of Nottingham, England. This was during the reign of King Henry 11, known as "The Builder of Churches", 1154 - 1189.

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  • episcopio — /epi skɔpjo/ s.m. [dal lat. tardo episcopêum, gr. episkopêion, der. di epískopos vescovo ]. (eccles.) [dimora e sede del vescovo] ▶◀ curia, vescovado …   Enciclopedia Italiana

  • episcópio — s. m. Aparelho óptico que permite a projeção por reflexão.   ‣ Etimologia: epi + scópio …   Dicionário da Língua Portuguesa

  • episcopio — sustantivo masculino 1. Aparato de proyección que permite ver en una pantalla diapositivas y cuerpos opacos …   Diccionario Salamanca de la Lengua Española

  • episcopio — I (Del gr. epi, sobre + skopein, mirar.) ► sustantivo masculino AUDIOVISUALES Aparato que sirve para proyectar sobre una pantalla la imagen amplificada de un objeto opaco o de diapositivas. SINÓNIMO epidiascopio II (Probablemente de obispo.) ►… …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • episcopio — 1e·pi·scò·pio s.m. BU residenza del vescovo, vescovado {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: av. 1612. ETIMO: dal lat. tardo episcŏpĭum, dal gr. episkopeîon, der. di epískopos nel sign. di vescovo . 2e·pi·scò·pio s.m. TS ott. apparecchio per proiettare… …   Dizionario italiano

  • episcopio — episcopio1 pl.m. episcopi episcopio2 pl.m. episcopi …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

  • episcopio — episco/pio (1) s. m. (lett.) vescovado, curia. episco/pio (2) s. m. (fis.) proiettore …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • episcopio — episcopio1 (De epi y scopio). m. epidiascopio. episcopio2 (Del gr. ἐπίσκοπος, obispo). 1. m. episcopologio. 2. Palacio episcopal …   Diccionario de la lengua española

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