LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

anachōrēta

anachōrēta m (genitive anachōrētae)

Meaning

  1. hermit, recluse, anchorite

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeanachōrēta
anchōrīta		anachōrētae
anachōrītae, anchōrētae, anchōrītae
genitiveanachōrētae
anachōrītae, anchōrētae, anchōrītae		anachōrētārum
anachōrītārum, anchōrētārum, anchōrītārum
dativeanachōrētae
anachōrītae, anchōrētae, anchōrītae		anachōrētīs
anachōrītīs, anchōrētīs, anchōrītīs
accusativeanachōrētam
anachōrītam, anchōrētam, anchōrītam		anachōrētās
anachōrītās, anchōrētās, anchōrītās
ablativeanachōrētā
anchōrītā		anachōrētīs
anachōrītīs, anchōrētīs, anchōrītīs
vocativeanachōrēta
anchōrīta		anachōrētae
anachōrītae, anchōrētae, anchōrītae

ănăchōrēta, ae, m., = ἀναχωρητής,
I. a hermit, an eremite, recluse, anchorite, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 18; Sid. Carm. 16, 97.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  3. Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́(ănắ)
  4. Ancient Greek ἀνα-(ana-)
  5. Ancient Greek χῶρος(khôros)
  6. Ancient Greek -έω(-éō)
  7. Ancient Greek χωρέω(khōréō)
  8. Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω(anăkhōréō)
  9. Ancient Greek -τής(-tḗs)
  10. Latinanachōrēta

Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs)bor. Latin anachōrēta Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀναχωρητής (anakhōrētḗs).

Descendants
  • Catalananacoreta
  • Englishanchorfrom Old English ancra
  • Frenchanachorète
  • Italiananacoreta
  • Portugueseanacoreta
  • Spanishanacoreta
  • Old Cornishancarfrom Old English ancra
  • Anglo-Normanancrefrom Old English ancra
  • Middle Welshancrfrom Old English ancra
  • Dutchanachoreetfrom French anachorète

In English words that came into English from anachōrēta

  • anchoriteanchōrēta

Quick answers

What does anachōrēta mean in Latin?
anachōrēta, a noun, means “hermit, recluse, anchorite”.
What is the genitive of anachōrēta?
The genitive singular is anachōrētae. anachōrēta is masculine, first declension.
Where does anachōrēta come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂en- → Proto-Hellenic *aná → Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ) → Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-) → Ancient Greek χῶρος (khôros) → Ancient Greek -έω (-éō) → Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō) → Ancient Greek ἀνᾰχωρέω (anăkhōréō) → Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) → Latin anachōrēta.