Is there a Greek word that sounds like “apipiora” and means “prince”?
Background: I’ve been wondering about the etymology of the Hebrew word for “pope”. According to a good dictionary, the origin is an Aramaic word borrowed (and no doubt mangled a bit) from Greek. “Apipiora” is how that Aramaic word would look in the Roman alphabet. Or if this helps, in Aramaic it’s spelled
אַפּיפּיורָא