γραμματική

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See also: γραμματικῇ

Ancient Greek

FWOTD – 27 April 2016

Etymology

As an animate noun, a feminisation of γραμματικός (grammatikós, “teacher of the rudiments, grammarian”) and as an inanimate noun, an ellipsis of γραμματικὴ τέχνη (grammatikḕ tékhnē, “grammatical art, grammar”).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή • (grammatikḗ) f (genitive γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῆς); first declension

  1. animate senses:
    1. a female teacher of the rudiments
    2. a woman who occupies herself with literary texts, a female grammarian or critic
  2. inanimate senses:
    1. grammar
    2. the faculty of scholarship
    3. alphabet, script, writing

Declension

First declension of ἡ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή; τῆς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῆς (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή
hē grammatikḗ 		τὼ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́
tṑ grammatikā́ 		αἱ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαί
hai grammatikaí
Genitive τῆς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῆς
tês grammatikês 		τοῖν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖν
toîn grammatikaîn 		τῶν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῶν
tôn grammatikôn
Dative τῇ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῇ
têi grammatikêi 		τοῖν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖν
toîn grammatikaîn 		ταῖς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖς
taîs grammatikaîs
Accusative τὴν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκήν
tḕn grammatikḗn 		τὼ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́
tṑ grammatikā́ 		τᾱ̀ς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́ς
tā̀s grammatikā́s
Vocative γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή
grammatikḗ 		γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́
grammatikā́ 		γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαί
grammatikaí
Notes:

Descendants

  • Greek: γραμματική (grammatikí)

References

Adjective

γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή • (grammatikḗ)

  1. nominative singular feminine of γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grammatikós)
  2. vocative singular feminine of γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grammatikós)

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή (grammatikḗ, “grammar”).

Noun

γραμματική • (grammatikí) f (uncountable)

  1. grammar

Declension

singular
nominative γραμματική (grammatikí)
genitive γραμματικής (grammatikís)
accusative γραμματική (grammatikí)
vocative γραμματική (grammatikí)

Adjective

γραμματική • (grammatikí)

  1. Nominative, accusative and vocative feminine singular form of γραμματικός (grammatikós).

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