grammaticus Latin · revision 32410

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=86/82 BC, Rhetorica ad Herennium|origins=grc γράφω}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ɡramˈma.tɪ.kʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ɡramˈmaː.ti.kus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''grammaticus''' (feminine grammatica, neuter grammaticum); first/second-declension adjective^(Wiktionary)

+ An inscription has the Greek genitive ''grammaticēs''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|grc|γραμματικός|tr=grammatikós|t=of letters, grammatical]],^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) from [[m|grc|γράμμα|tr=grámma|t=letter]], from [[m|grc|γράφω|tr=gráphō|t=to write]].^(Köbler 2010)^(Wiktionary) The noun “grammarian” is the adjective used as a noun.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' has ars grammatica, “the art of grammar”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As an adjective it concerns grammar or grammarians: Quintilian calls one figure grammatical and another rhetorical, and Horace speaks of canvassing the tribes of the grammarians.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(OLD 2012) As a noun it is an expert on language and literature, a scholar or grammarian.^(OLD 2012) Cicero mocks the self-styled grammarian who speaks barbarously and calls grammarians the interpreters of the poets, and Seneca calls them guardians of the Latin language.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Suetonius says the name came in from Greek usage, the earlier Latin word being [[litteratus|alt=litterātus]], and that the old grammarians also taught rhetoric.^(Lewis & Short 1879) It was also a teacher of grammar, a schoolmaster.^(Wiktionary) In Medieval Latin the adjective meant Latin or literary.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 86/82 BC – the ''Rhetorica ad Herennium'' of the art of grammar.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of grammarians as interpreters of poets.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace of the tribes of grammarians.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 75–c. 150 AD – Suetonius on the history of the name.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or concerning [[m|en|grammar]] or grammarians; ars grammatica, grammar.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Latin; literary.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ===Noun===

+ # An expert on language and literature, a [[m|en|scholar]], [[m|en|grammarian]], [[m|en|philologist]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # A teacher of grammar, a schoolmaster.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[grammatica]]

+ * [[grammaticomastix]]

+ * [[grammatista]]

+ * [[grammatodidascalus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}