grammatista
Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs)
Noun
[edit]grammatista m (genitive grammatistae); first declension
- a grammar teacher, someone who teaches reading and writing, an elementary school teacher
- (Medieval Latin) a grammar student
- (New Latin) a second grade (class) student of a gymnasium, the grades being, in order: rudimentistae, grammatistae, syntaxistae minor, syntaxistae maior, humanistae, rhetores
Declension
[edit]First-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grammatista | grammatistae |
| genitive | grammatistae | grammatistārum |
| dative | grammatistae | grammatistīs |
| accusative | grammatistam | grammatistās |
| ablative | grammatistā | grammatistīs |
| vocative | grammatista | grammatistae |
Descendants
[edit]- French: grammatiste
- English: grammatist
References
[edit]- “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