grammatista
Latin
Etymology
Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs)
Noun
grammatista m (genitive grammatistae); first declension
- a grammar teacher, someone who teaches reading and writing, an elementary school teacher
- (Medieval Latin) a grammar student
- (New Latin) a second grade (class) student of a gymnasium, the grades being, in order: rudimentistae, grammatistae, syntaxistae minor, syntaxistae maior, humanistae, rhetores
Declension
First-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grammatista | grammatistae |
| Genitive | grammatistae | grammatistārum |
| Dative | grammatistae | grammatistīs |
| Accusative | grammatistam | grammatistās |
| Ablative | grammatistā | grammatistīs |
| Vocative | grammatista | grammatistae |
Descendants
- French: grammatiste
- English: grammatist
References
- “grammatista”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- grammatista 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)
- grammatista in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- grammatista in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016