anagnost
English
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editanagnost (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.
Romanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French anagnoste.
Noun
editanagnost m (plural anagnoști)
Declension
editDeclension of anagnost
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
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