ἐρημίτης

See also: ερημίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἐρῆμος (erêmos) +‎ -ίτης (-ítēs).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /e.rɛː.mǐː.tɛːs/ → /e.riˈmi.tis/ → /e.riˈmi.tis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /e.rɛː.mǐː.tɛːs/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.re̝ˈmi.te̝s/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈmi.tis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.riˈmi.tis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.riˈmi.tis/

Adjective

ἐρημῑ́της • (erēmī́tēs) m

1. living in the desert
2. (Byzantine, nominalized) desert-dweller, hermit

   Synonym: ἡσυχαστής (hēsukhastḗs)

Declension

Found only in the masculine.

First declension of ὁ ἐρημῑ́της; τοῦ ἐρημῑ́του (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ὁ ἐρημῑ́της ho erēmī́tēs	οἱ ἐρημῖται hoi erēmîtai
Genitive	τοῦ ἐρημῑ́του toû erēmī́tou	τῶν ἐρημῑτῶν tôn erēmītôn
Dative	τῷ ἐρημῑ́τῃ tôi erēmī́tēi	τοῖς ἐρημῑ́ταις toîs erēmī́tais
Accusative	τὸν ἐρημῑ́την tòn erēmī́tēn	τοὺς ἐρημῑ́τᾱς toùs erēmī́tās
Vocative	ἐρημῖτᾰ erēmîta	ἐρημῖται erēmîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: ερημίτης (erimítis)
• Latin: erēmīta (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• ἐρημίτης in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “ἐρημίτης”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “ἐρημίτης”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press