recluse (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. ănăchōrēta, ae, m. (Gr. ἀναχωρητής· one who retires, i. e. from the world)2. ĕrēmīta, ae (Gr. ἐρημίτης· a dweller in the desert)3. pure Lat. sōlĭtārius homo (the best expr. to represent Wordsworth's "Recluse") • recluse (subs.): 1. ănăchōrēta, ae, m. (Gr. ἀναχωρητής· one who retires, i. e. from the world): very many dwell in the desert, ... whom they call r.s, habitant plerique in eremo ... quos anachoretas vocant, Sulp. Sev. Dial. 1, 15, 2. 2. ĕrēmīta, ae (Gr. ἐρημίτης· a dweller in the desert): Paulus the first r., primus eremita, ib. 17, 1. 3. pure Lat. sōlĭtārius homo (the best expr. to represent Wordsworth's "Recluse"): v. foll. art.