grammaticalis

Forms

grammaticālis (neuter grammaticāle); third-declension two-termination adjective^[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin grammatica + -ālis,^[1][2] the TLL deriving it from grammaticus or grammatica.^[3] Grammaticus is from Ancient Greek γραμματικός (grammatikós).^[1]

Earliest recorded meaning

The TLL's earliest instance is in Servius' grammatical writings, which set a grammatical figure against one belonging to orators.^[3][4]

Semantic evolution

Sidonius Apollinaris has it of grammatical figures, of shelves of grammatical books and of the “grammatical wrestling school”,^[5][2][6] and Macrobius cites Nigidius' “grammatical commentaries”.^[3] The adverb grammaticaliter appears in the Historia Augusta.^[5]

In Medieval Latin it was common in the schools: Albertus Magnus speaks of a merely grammatical distinction,^[7] and British sources use it of the study of Latin grammar, of grammar schools and grammar masters, and of the strict grammatical sense of a text.^[8] English grammatical comes from it, partly through French.^[9]

Timeline

• c. 400 AD – Servius uses it in his grammatical writings.^[3][4]
• c. 431–486 AD – Sidonius Apollinaris speaks of grammatical figures.^[5][4]
• 13th century – Albertus Magnus writes of a grammatical distinction.^[7][4]
• 1520s – Borrowed into English as grammatical.^[9]

Meanings

Adjective

1. Of or relating to grammar, grammatical.^[5][3]
2. Of grammarians.^[6]
3. (Medieval Latin) Of the study of Latin grammar, as in a grammar school or of a grammar master.^[8]
4. (Medieval Latin) Of the strict grammatical sense of words.^[8]

Related words

• English grammatical

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b Georges, Karl Ernst (1913–1918), Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th ed., ed. Heinrich Georges, Hannover; Leipzig: Hahn
3. ^ a b c d e Thesaurus linguae Latinae (1900–), Leipzig: Teubner; Berlin: De Gruyter; open-access ed., Munich: Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
4. ^ a b c d Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ a b Conte, Gian Biagio; Pianezzola, Emilio; Ranucci, Giuliano (2010), il Latino: Vocabolario della lingua latina, 3rd ed., Florence: Le Monnier
7. ^ a b Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch bis zum ausgehenden 13. Jahrhundert (1967–), Munich: C. H. Beck; Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften
8. ^ a b c Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press
9. ^ a b Harper, Douglas. Online Etymology Dictionary, https://www.etymonline.com