archiater

From French archiâtre, from Latin archīāter. Compare arch-, iatro-, -iatry.

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹkiˌeɪtɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːkiˌeɪtə/
• Hyphenation: ar‧​chi‧​a‧​ter

archiater (plural archiaters)

1. (historical) The chief, or highest-ranked physician of a prince, city or country, such as the Holy Roman Empire
   • 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

• “archiater”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

• archīātrus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀρχιατρός (arkhiatrós), from ἀρχι- (arkhi-, “chief”) +‎ ἰατρός (iatrós, “doctor”).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ar.kʰiːˈaː.tɛr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ar.kiˈaː.t̪er]

archīāter m (genitive archīātrī); second declension

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

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

• 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)

• “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