grammatista

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Latin

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Etymology

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Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs)

Noun

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grammatista m (genitive grammatistae); first declension

  1. a grammar teacher, someone who teaches reading and writing, an elementary school teacher
  2. (Medieval Latin) a grammar student
  3. (New Latin) a second grade (class) student of a gymnasium, the grades being, in order: rudimentistae, grammatistae, syntaxistae minor, syntaxistae maior, humanistae, rhetores

Declension

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First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative grammatista grammatistae
Genitive grammatistae grammatistārum
Dative grammatistae grammatistīs
Accusative grammatistam grammatistās
Ablative grammatistā grammatistīs
Vocative grammatista grammatistae

Descendants

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  • French: grammatiste

References

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  • grammatista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • grammatista 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)
  • grammatista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • grammatista in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[2], pre-publication website, 2005-2016