grammatica

See also: grammàtica

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)

1. grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
2. (metonymically) grammatical manual

Synonyms

• spraakkunst

Derived terms

• basisgrammatica
• grammaticafout
• grammaticaregel

Related terms

• grammaticaal
• grammaticus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: gramatika
• Negerhollands: grammatica

Interlingua

Noun

grammatica (plural grammaticas)

1. grammar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/
• Rhymes: -atika
• Hyphenation: gram‧mà‧ti‧ca

• Audio:

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Adjective

grammatica

1. feminine singular of grammatico

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)

1. grammar (book describing grammar)
2. female equivalent of grammatico (“grammarian”)

Derived terms

• grammaticale
• grammatologia

Related terms

• grammatico
• sgrammatico

Further reading

• grammatica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• grammatica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

Latin

Pronunciation

• grammatica: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkä]
• grammatica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]
• grammaticā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.kaː/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkäː]
• grammaticā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]

Etymology 1

Short for ars grammatica, transliteration and calque of Ancient Greek γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, “art of letters”), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, “of letters”).

Noun

grammatica f (genitive grammaticae); first declension
grammatica n pl (genitive grammaticōrum); second declension

1. grammar, philology

   Synonym: grammaticē f

Declension

First-declension noun. Case Singular Plural Nominative grammatica grammaticae Genitive grammaticae grammaticārum Dative grammaticae grammaticīs Accusative grammaticam grammaticās Ablative grammaticā grammaticīs Vocative grammatica grammaticae

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. Case Plural Nominative grammatica Genitive grammaticōrum Dative grammaticīs Accusative grammatica Ablative grammaticīs Vocative grammatica

Coordinate terms

• lūdus litterārius (“primary school, elementary school”)

Derived terms

• grammaticālis
• grammaticāliter

Related terms

• grammaticus
• grammaticomastix
• grammaticē (adverb)
• grammatista
• grammatodidascalus

Descendants

• Lombard: grammaia (obsolete)
• Old French: gramaire, gamaire, gramarie, grammaire, gramoire (see there for further descendants)

Noun

grammaticā

1. ablative singular of grammatica

References

• “grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grammatica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “grammatica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grammatica in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
• Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “grammatica”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “grammatĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 216

Etymology 2

Adjective

grammatica

1. inflection of grammaticus (“grammatical, philological”):
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

grammaticā

1. ablative feminine singular of grammaticus (“grammatical, philological”)

Portuguese

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

1. Pre-reform spelling (until Brazil 1943/Portugal 1911) of gramática.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈmatika/ [ɡɾaˈma.t̪i.ka]
• Rhymes: -atika
• Syllabification: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

1. Obsolete spelling of gramática.