grammatist

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
  2. A grammarian.

Pronunciation

grăʹmətĭst /ˈɡɹæmətɪst/

Word forms

grammatist grammatists

Etymology

From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).

Related words

Derived words

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.