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Webster 1913 Edition
Grammatist
Gram′ma-tist
,Noun.
[L.
grammatista
schoolmaster, Gr. [GREEK], from [GREEK] to teach the letters, to be a scribe: cf. F. grammatiste
. See Grammatical
.] A petty grammarian.
[R.]
Tooke.
Webster 1828 Edition
Grammatist
GRAM'MATIST
,Noun.
Definition 2024
grammatist
grammatist
English
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.
- 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.
Derived terms
- grammatistical
Related terms
Translations
(historical) teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece