grammatica

See also: grammàtica

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kaː/
grammatica (file)
Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)

grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
(metonymically) grammatical manual

Synonyms

spraakkunst

Derived terms

basisgrammatica
grammaticafout
grammaticaregel

Related terms

grammaticaal
grammaticus

Descendants

→ Indonesian: gramatika
Negerhollands: grammatica

Interlingua

Noun

grammatica (plural grammaticas)

grammar

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/
Rhymes: -atika
Hyphenation: gram‧mà‧ti‧ca

Adjective

grammatica

feminine singular of grammatico

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)

grammar
female equivalent of grammatico (“grammarian”)

Related terms

grammaticale
grammatico
grammatologia
sgrammaticato

Latin

Pronunciation

grammatica: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkä]

grammatica: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]
grammaticā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.kaː/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkäː]

grammaticā: (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]

Etymology 1

Short for ars grammatica, calque and transliteration of γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, “art of letters”), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, “of letters”).

Noun

grammatica f (genitive grammaticae); first declension
grammatica n pl (genitive grammaticōrum); second declension

grammar, philology

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	grammatica	grammaticae
Genitive	grammaticae	grammaticārum
Dative	grammaticae	grammaticīs
Accusative	grammaticam	grammaticās
Ablative	grammaticā	grammaticīs
Vocative	grammatica	grammaticae

Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only.

Case	Plural
Nominative	grammatica
Genitive	grammaticōrum
Dative	grammaticīs
Accusative	grammatica
Ablative	grammaticīs
Vocative	grammatica

Synonyms

grammaticē f

Coordinate terms

lūdus litterārius (“primary school, elementary school”)

Derived terms

grammaticālis
grammaticāliter

Related terms

grammaticus
grammaticomastix
grammaticē (adverb)
grammatista
grammatodidascalus

Descendants

Lombard: grammaia (obsolete)
Old French: gramarie, gramaire, gamaire, gramoire
- French: grammaire, grimoire
  - → Catalan: grimori
  - → English: grimoire
  - → Italian: grimorio
  - → Portuguese: grimório
  - → Spanish: grimorio

Noun

grammaticā

ablative singular of grammatica

References

“grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
grammatica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
“grammatica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
grammatica in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911), “grammatica”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “grammatĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 216

Adjective

grammatica

inflection of grammaticus:
1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

grammaticā

ablative feminine singular of grammaticus

Portuguese

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

Obsolete spelling of gramática (used in Portugal until September 1911 and in Brazil until the 1940s).

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡɾaˈmatika/ [ɡɾaˈma.t̪i.ka]
Rhymes: -atika
Syllabification: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

Obsolete spelling of gramática