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English
Etymology
From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
Pronunciation
Noun
grammatist (plural grammatists)
- (historical) A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
- 1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38.
- The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
1909, Lewis Flint Anderson, History of Common School Education, page 12:The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
- A grammarian.
Derived terms
Translations
(historical) teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece