Grammatist
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece. historical
"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."
- 2 A grammarian.
Example
More examples"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."
Etymology
From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
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