ἐρημίτης

See also: ερημίτης

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

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
tōî erēmī́tēi 		τοῖς ἐρημῑ́ταις
toîs erēmī́tais
Accusative τὸν ἐρημῑ́την
tòn erēmī́tēn 		τοὺς ἐρημῑ́τᾱς
toùs erēmī́tās
Vocative ἐρημῖτᾰ
erēmîtă 		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)

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