anachoreta

Latin

Alternative forms

• anachōrīta
• anchōrēta

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs).

Noun

anachōrēta m (genitive anachōrētae); first declension

1. hermit, recluse, anchorite

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	anachōrēta	anachōrētae
Genitive	anachōrētae	anachōrētārum
Dative	anachōrētae	anachōrētīs
Accusative	anachōrētam	anachōrētās
Ablative	anachōrētā	anachōrētīs
Vocative	anachōrēta	anachōrētae

Descendants

• Catalan: anacoreta
• French: anachorète
• Italian: anacoreta
• Portuguese: anacoreta
• Spanish: anacoreta

References

• “anachoreta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• anachoreta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.