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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

  • ἅμα δὲ ὁρῶν οὐδὲν ἀκριβὲσ οὔτε Καλλίμαχον οὔτε τοὺσ ἐκ Περγάμου γραμματικοὺσ περὶ αὐτοῦ γράψαντασ, ἀλλὰ παρὰ τὸ μηδὲν ἐξετάσαι περὶ αὐτοῦ τῶν ἀκριβεστέρων ἡμαρτηκότασ, ὡσ μὴ μόνον ἐψεῦσθαι πολλὰ ἀλλὰ καὶ λόγουσ τοὺσ οὐδὲν μὲν αὐτῷ προσήκοντασ ὡσ Δεινάρχου τούτῳ προστίθεσθαι, τοὺσ δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γραφέντασ ἑτέρων εἶναι λέγειν· (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Dinarcho, chapter 12)
  • ἓν γάρ τι καὶ τοῦτο τῶν ἄλλων καλλωπισμάτων αὐταῖσ δοκεῖ, ἢν λέγηται ὡσ πεπαιδευμέναι τὲ εἰσιν καὶ φιλόσοφοι καὶ ποιοῦσιν ᾄσματα οὐ πολὺ τῆσ Σαπφοῦσ ἀποδέοντα ‐ διὰ δὴ ταῦτα μισθωτοὺσ καὶ αὗται περιάγονται ῥήτορασ καὶ γραμματικοὺσ καὶ φιλοσόφουσ, ἀκροῶνται δ’ αὐτῶν ‐ πηνίκα; (Lucian, De mercede, (no name) 36:3)
  • ὁ δέ γε ἴσωσ οἰοίτ’ ἂν ἡμᾶσ, ὥσπερ ἂν τὸ σὸν ὄνομα ἐρωτηθέντασ καὶ ἀποκρινομένουσ κατὰ συλλαβήν, γελοίουσ εἶναι, ὀρθῶσ μὲν δοξάζοντασ καὶ λέγοντασ ἃ λέγομεν, οἰομένουσ δὲ γραμματικοὺσ εἶναι καὶ ἔχειν τε καὶ λέγειν γραμματικῶσ τὸν τοῦ Θεαιτήτου ὀνόματοσ λόγον· (Plato, Cratylus, Theaetetus, Sophist, Statesman, 393:5)
  • τούσ τε γραμματικοὺσ ἐθαύμαζε τὰ μὲν τοῦ Ὀδυσσέωσ κακὰ ἀναζητοῦντασ, τὰ δ’ ἴδια ἀγνοοῦντασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. b'. DIOGENHS 8:5)
  • Πρὸσ τοὺσ φυσικοὺσ καὶ μαθηματικοὺσ καὶ γραμματικοὺσ καὶ Γονὰσ Ἐπικούρου καὶ Τὰσ θρησκευομένασ ὑπ’ αὐτῶν εἰκάδασ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, , Kef. h'. MENIPPOS 3:8)

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