anagnost

English

Etymology

From Latin anagnōstes (“slave trained to read aloud”), from Koine Greek ἀναγνώστης (anagnṓstēs, “reader, slave trained to read”), after Ancient Greek ἀναγιγνώσκειν (anagignṓskein, “to read”).

Noun

anagnost (plural anagnosts)

1. (now chiefly historical) Someone who reads aloud, especially who reads lessons, passages etc. during a church service. [from 17th c.]
   • 1980, Gene Wolfe, chapter XII, in The Shadow of the Torturer (The Book of the New Sun; 1), New York: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 111:

     Coming to the landing, I saw two cataphracts, an anagnost reading prayers, Master Gurloes, and a young woman.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French anagnoste.

Noun

anagnost m (plural anagnoști)

1. anagnostes

Declension

Declension of anagnost

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) anagnost	anagnostul	(niște) anagnoști	anagnoștii
genitive/dative	(unui) anagnost	anagnostului	(unor) anagnoști	anagnoștilor
vocative	anagnostule		anagnoștilor