English → Latin
“hermit” in Latin
The English word hermit itself goes back to Latin erēmīta.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
hermit
homo solitarius: eremita: anachoreta (ecclesiastical). To live the life of a hermit, vitam solitarius ago.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for hermit?
- The usual Latin words for “hermit” are erēmīta, anachōrēta. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.