grammatist
English
Etymology
From the French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: grăʹmətĭst, IPA(key): /ˈɡɹæmətɪst/
Noun
grammatist (plural grammatists)
- (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
- 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
- The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
- 1909, Lewis Flint Anderson, History of Common School Education, page 12:
- The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
- 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
- A grammarian.
Derived terms
- grammatistical
Related terms
- grammar
- grammarian
Translations
(historical) teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece