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

  • γραμματικῶν δὲ Ἐρατοσθένησ μὲν ὁ Ἀγλαοῦ Κυρηναῖοσ, ὃν οὐ μόνον γραμματικόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ποιητὴν ἄν τισ ὀνομάσειεν καὶ φιλόσοφον καὶ γεωμέτρην, δύο καὶ ὀγδοήκοντα οὗτοσ ἔζησεν ἔτη. (Lucian, Macrobii, (no name) 27:1)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ κατὰ θεὸν ἐν τοῖσ προκειμένοισ, φίλτατε Οὐλπιανέ, ἢ ὑμεῖσ, γραμματικῶν παῖδεσ, εἴπατέ μοι τίνι ἐννοίᾳ ὁ Ἔφιπποσ ἐν τοῖσ προειρημένοισ ἔφη· (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 8, book 8, chapter 591)
  • παρῆν δὲ καὶ Πλούταρχοσ καὶ Λεωνίδησ ὁ Ἠλεῖοσ καὶ Αἰμιλιανὸσ ὁ Μαυρούσιοσ καὶ Ζωίλοσ, γραμματικῶν οἱ χαριέστατοι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, book 1, chapter 24)
  • "εἰ μὴ ἰατροὶ ἦσαν, οὐδὲν ἂν ἦν τῶν γραμματικῶν μωρότερον. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 15, book 15, chapter 2 2:2)
  • ὅτι Ἡσίοδοσ ἐν Κήυκοσ γάμῳ κἂν γὰρ γραμματικῶν παῖδεσ ἀποξενῶσι τοῦ ποιητοῦ τὰ ἔπη ταῦτα, ἀλλ’ ἐμοὶ δοκεῖ ἀρχαῖα εἶναι ‐ τρίποδασ τὰσ τραπέζασ φησί. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 32 1:1)

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