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

  • ἐν μὲν γραμματικοῖσ ὁ Πλατωνικόσ· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 3052)
  • γραμματικοῖσ γὰρ οὐδὲ τέλοσ κριθῇ̓, κρῖ δὲ μόνον λέγεται. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 383 1:2)
  • διὰ τί ἐν γραμματικοῖσ οὐ λέγεισ; (Epictetus, Works, book 2, 7:1)
  • παῖσ γὰρ ἐν μουσικοῖσ ὁ ἄμουσοσ, ἐν γραμματικοῖσ ὁ ἀγράμματ[ικ]οσ, ἐν βίῳ ὁ ἀπαίδευτοσ. (Epictetus, Works, book 3, 6:2)

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