Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γραμματικός

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραμματικός γραμματική γραμματικόν

Structure: γραμματικ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gra/mmata

Sense

  1. knowing one’s letters, of a good scholar
  2. (in the phrase γραμματικὸν ἔκπωμα) a cup engraved with the alphabet or an inscription
  3. concerned with textual criticism
  4. (in the phrase γραμματικὴ τέχνη) the grammatical art or craft [sc. grammar]

Declension

First/Second 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)

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