anagnost

English

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”).

anagnost (plural anagnosts)

(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.

anagnost m (plural anagnoști)

	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
	singular		plural
nominative-accusative	anagnost	anagnostul	anagnoști	anagnoștii
genitive-dative	anagnost	anagnostului	anagnoști	anagnoștilor
vocative	anagnostule		anagnoștilor