grammaticomastix

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικομάστῑξ (grammatikomástīx).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.ti.koˈmas.tiːks/, [ɡrämːät̪ɪkɔˈmäs̠t̪iːks̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.ti.koˈmas.tiks/, [ɡrämːät̪ikoˈmäst̪iks]

Proper noun

grammaticomastīx m (genitive grammaticomastīgis); third declension

1. (humorous) a scourge of grammar and/or grammarians.

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	grammaticomastīx	grammaticomastīgēs
genitive	grammaticomastīgis	grammaticomastīgum
dative	grammaticomastīgī	grammaticomastīgibus
accusative	grammaticomastīgem grammaticomastīga	grammaticomastīgēs grammaticomastīgas
ablative	grammaticomastīge	grammaticomastīgibus
vocative	grammaticomastīx	grammaticomastīgēs

References

• “grammătĭcŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grammaticomastīx in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung