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γραμματική

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραμματική

Structure: γραμματικ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Sense

  1. animate senses:, a female teacher of the rudiments
  2. a woman who occupies herself with literary texts, a female grammarian or critic

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • κυμβία δὲ ἦν καὶ φιαλίδεσ καὶ ποτήρια γραμματικά, ὥστε μεστὸν ἦν τὸ κυλικεῖον. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 7:2)
  • εἰ γὰρ πράττουσι τὰ δίκαια καὶ σώφρονα, ἤδη εἰσὶ δίκαιοι καὶ σώφρονεσ, ὥσπερ εἰ τὰ γραμματικὰ καὶ τὰ μουσικά, γραμματικοὶ καὶ μουσικοί. (Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics, Book 2 36:2)
  • οὔτε παρέξεισ οὔθ’ ἕξεισ αὐτὸσ πράγματα γραμματικά. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 104)
  • ἰητήρ τισ ἐμοὶ τὸν ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἔπεμψεν, ὥστε μαθεῖν παρ’ ἐμοὶ ταῦτα τὰ γραμματικά. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 4011)
  • τὸν τέκτονα τὰ τεκτονικά, τὸν γραμματικὸν τὰ γραμματικά. (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. animate senses

  2. a woman who occupies herself with literary texts

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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