grammaticus

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kʏs/

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• Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧cus

Noun

grammaticus m (plural grammatici, diminutive grammaticusje n)

1. grammarian

Related terms

• grammatica
• grammaticaal

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.kus/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.kus/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikus]

Adjective

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

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	grammaticus	grammatica	grammaticum		grammaticī	grammaticae	grammatica
genitive	grammaticī	grammaticae	grammaticī		grammaticōrum	grammaticārum	grammaticōrum
dative	grammaticō	grammaticae	grammaticō		grammaticīs
accusative	grammaticum	grammaticam	grammaticum		grammaticōs	grammaticās	grammatica
ablative	grammaticō	grammaticā	grammaticō		grammaticīs
vocative	grammatice	grammatica	grammaticum		grammaticī	grammaticae	grammatica

Synonyms

• (of grammar): grammaticālis

Derived terms

• grammatica
• grammaticālis
• grammaticāliter
• grammaticē

 

Noun

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

Second-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	grammaticus	grammaticī
genitive	grammaticī	grammaticōrum
dative	grammaticō	grammaticīs
accusative	grammaticum	grammaticōs
ablative	grammaticō	grammaticīs
vocative	grammatice	grammaticī

Descendants

• Emilian: grammadgh
• Ligurian: gramaigo (obsolete)
• Old French: gramaire, gramare
  • → Old Occitan: gramaire
• Old Occitan: gramadi, gramavi
• Romansch: garmadi
• Old Spanish: gramatgo
• Venetan: gramego (obsolete)
• → Catalan: gramàtic
• → Dutch: grammaticus

Related terms

• grammatica
• grammaticomastix
• grammatista
• grammatodidascalus

 

References

• “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, volume 4: G H I, page 216