eremita Latin · revision 4551

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=Sulpicius Severus|origins=grc ἔρημος}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɛ.reːˈmiː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [e.reˈmiː.ta]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''erēmīta''' ''m'' (genitive erēmītae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|ἐρημίτης|tr=erēmítēs|t=dweller in the desert]],^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|ἐρημία|tr=erēmía|t=solitude, desert]], from [[m|grc|ἔρημος|tr=érēmos|t=desolate, uninhabited]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Sulpicius Severus uses it in his Dialogues.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It was a Christian word for a hermit, one who lives alone in the desert, as in Sulpicius Severus and in Venantius Fortunatus' Life of Saint Martin.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010) It also appears in the Tironian notes.^(Georges 1913) Köbler dates Venantius 536–c. 610 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ In medieval Latin it was a hermit or anchorite, and also a monk of certain orders.^(Niermeyer 1976)^(MLW) British writers used it of a desert-dweller, glossed in Old English as ''westensetla''.^(DMLBS) Through Old French ''ermite'' it gave [[en|hermit]], recorded in the early 12th century, and the learned [[en|eremite]] around 1200.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 536–c. 610 AD – Venantius Fortunatus uses it in his Life of Saint Martin.^(Georges 1913)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * early 12th century – English ''hermit'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A [[m|en|hermit]], [[m|en|anchorite]], recluse.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' A monk of a hermit order.^(MLW)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[erēmīticus]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[eremus|alt=erēmus]]

+ * [[en|hermit]]

+ * [[en|eremite]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}