anachoreta

See also: anachoretą

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.

	singular	plural
nominative	anachōrēta	anachōrētae
genitive	anachōrētae	anachōrētārum
dative	anachōrētae	anachōrētīs
accusative	anachōrētam	anachōrētās
ablative	anachōrētā	anachōrētīs
vocative	anachōrēta	anachōrētae

Related terms

• anachōrēticus

Descendants

• Catalan: anacoreta
• → French: anachorète
  • → Dutch: anachoreet
• Italian: anacoreta
• → Polish: anachoreta (learned)
• 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.

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin anachōrēta, from Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs). First attested in 1579.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.na.xɔˈrɛ.ta/

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• Rhymes: -ɛta
• Syllabification: a‧na‧cho‧re‧ta

Noun

anachoreta m pers

1. (literary, religion) anchorite, eremite, hermit (religious recluse; someone who lives alone for religious reasons)

   Synonyms: eremita, pustelnik

   prowadzić życie anachorety ― to lead/live the life of an anchorite

Declension

Declension of anachoreta

	singular	plural
nominative	anachoreta	anachoreci/anachorety (deprecative)
genitive	anachorety	anachoretów
dative	anachorecie	anachoretom
accusative	anachoretę	anachoretów
instrumental	anachoretą	anachoretami
locative	anachorecie	anachoretach
vocative	anachoreto	anachoreci

Derived terms

(noun):

• anachoretyzm

Further reading

• anachoreta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• anachoreta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Barbara Rykiel-Kempf (18.09.2007) “ANACHORETA”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “anachoreta”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “anachoreta”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “anachoreta”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 33