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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικομάστῑξ (grammatikomástīx).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
grammaticomastīx m (genitive grammaticomastīgis); third declension
- (humorous) a scourge of grammar and/or grammarians.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “grammătĭcŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- grammaticomastīx in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung