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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Latin grammaticus, from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kʏs/
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  • Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧cus

Noun edit

grammaticus m (plural grammatici, diminutive grammaticusje n)

  1. grammarian

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

grammaticus (feminine grammatica, neuter grammaticum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. of or pertaining to the study of language, of literature and grammar; linguistic, philological, grammatical

Declension edit

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative grammaticus grammatica grammaticum grammaticī grammaticae grammatica
Genitive grammaticī grammaticae grammaticī grammaticōrum grammaticārum grammaticōrum
Dative grammaticō grammaticō grammaticīs
Accusative grammaticum grammaticam grammaticum grammaticōs grammaticās grammatica
Ablative grammaticō grammaticā grammaticō grammaticīs
Vocative grammatice grammatica grammaticum grammaticī grammaticae grammatica

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Noun edit

grammaticus m (genitive grammaticī); second declension

  1. an expert on linguistic or literary questions, a scholar, grammarian, philologist
    Grammatici certant, et adhuc sub judice lis est.The.
  2. a grammar school or secondary school teacher of grammar (originally Latin or Greek)
    Coordinate term: (primary school, elementary school) lūdus litterārius

Declension edit

Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grammaticus grammaticī
Genitive grammaticī grammaticōrum
Dative grammaticō grammaticīs
Accusative grammaticum grammaticōs
Ablative grammaticō grammaticīs
Vocative grammatice grammaticī

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References edit

  • grammaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grammaticus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grammaticus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • grammaticus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • the rules of speech, grammar: praecepta grammaticorum
    • a linguist, philologian: grammaticus (De Or. 1. 3. 10)
  • grammaticus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • grammaticus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “grammaticus”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 286
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “grammaticus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 216