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hypatos

hypatos noun: a title conferred by the Byzantine Empire, originally to two distinguished citizens each year in the manner of the Roman consuls, but later as an honorific.

Noun

hypatos (plural hypatoses)

  1. (historical) A title conferred by the Byzantine Empire, originally to two distinguished citizens each year in the manner of the Roman consuls, but later as an honorific.

Forms of hypatos

pluralhypatoses

Origin of hypatos

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὕπατος (húpatos).

Questions about hypatos

What does hypatos mean?
Hypatos means a title conferred by the Byzantine Empire, originally to two distinguished citizens each year in the manner of the Roman consuls, but later as an honorific.
What part of speech is hypatos?
Hypatos is a noun.
What is the plural of hypatos?
The plural of hypatos is hypatoses.

Words near hypatos in the dictionary

  1. hypaspists
  2. hypate
  3. Hypatia
  4. Hypatian
  5. hypatocyte
  6. hypatos
  7. hypatoses
  8. hypaxial
  9. hypaxially
  10. hypaxials
  11. hype

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