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Etymology

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

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

Noun

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grammaticus m (plural grammatici, diminutive grammaticusje n)

  1. grammarian
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Latin

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).

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Adjective

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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

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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

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Noun

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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

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Second-declension noun.

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References

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  • 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