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

  • οἱο͂σ ἦν ὁ τοῦ ἐλέφαντοσ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ τοῦ ἀντερῶντοσ Ἀριστοφάνει τῷ γραμματικῷ· (Plutarch, De sollertia animalium, chapter, section 18 1:1)
  • ὁ δ’ ἐν Ῥόδῳ στίχον αἰτήσαντι γραμματικῷ ποιουμένῳ δεῖξιν ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ προτείνασ ἔρρ’ ἐκ νήσου θᾶσσον, ἐλέγχιστε ζωόντων ἄδηλον εἴτε παίζων ἐφύβρισεν εἴτ’ ἄκων ἠστόχησε. (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 18:1)
  • προὔτεινεν οὖν Ἑρμείασ ὁ γεωμέτρησ Πρωτογένει τῷ γραμματικῷ πρῶτοσ αἰτίαν εἰπεῖν, δι’ ἣν τὸ ἄλφα προτάττεται τῶν γραμμάτων ἁπάντων ὁ δὲ τὴν ἐν ταῖσ σχολαῖσ λεγομένην ἀπέδωκε· (Plutarch, Quaestiones Convivales, book 1, 3:1)

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