ἀναχωρητής

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀνᾰχωρέω (anakhōréō, “to retire, withdraw”) +‎ -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.na.kʰɔː.rɛː.tɛ̌ːs/ → /a.na.xo.riˈtis/ → /a.na.xo.riˈtis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.na.kʰɔː.rɛː.tɛ̌ːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /a.na.kʰo.re̝ˈte̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /a.na.xo.riˈtis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /a.na.xo.riˈtis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.na.xo.riˈtis/

Noun

ἀνᾰχωρητής • (anakhōrētḗs) m (genitive ἀνᾰχωρητοῦ); first declension

1. one who has retired from the world, anchorite

Inflection

First declension of ὁ ἀνᾰχωρητής; τοῦ ἀνᾰχωρητοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἀνᾰχωρητής ho anakhōrētḗs	τὼ ἀνᾰχωρητᾱ́ tṑ anakhōrētā́	οἱ ἀνᾰχωρηταί hoi anakhōrētaí
Genitive	τοῦ ἀνᾰχωρητοῦ toû anakhōrētoû	τοῖν ἀνᾰχωρηταῖν toîn anakhōrētaîn	τῶν ἀνᾰχωρητῶν tôn anakhōrētôn
Dative	τῷ ἀνᾰχωρητῇ tôi anakhōrētêi	τοῖν ἀνᾰχωρηταῖν toîn anakhōrētaîn	τοῖς ἀνᾰχωρηταῖς toîs anakhōrētaîs
Accusative	τὸν ἀνᾰχωρητήν tòn anakhōrētḗn	τὼ ἀνᾰχωρητᾱ́ tṑ anakhōrētā́	τοὺς ἀνᾰχωρητᾱ́ς toùs anakhōrētā́s
Vocative	ἀνᾰχωρητᾰ́ anakhōrētá	ἀνᾰχωρητᾱ́ anakhōrētā́	ἀνᾰχωρηταί anakhōrētaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: anachōrēta, anachōrīta, anchōrēta
  • Catalan: anacoreta
  • → French: anachorète
    • → Dutch: anachoreet
  • Italian: anacoreta
  • → Polish: anachoreta (learned)
  • Portuguese: anacoreta
  • Spanish: anacoreta

Further reading

• “ἀναχωρητής”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ἀναχωρητής in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἀναχωρητής in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)