grammatist
/ˈɡɹæmətɪst/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
noun
A grammarian.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist."
Etymology
From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
Origin
- Source language: French
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gerbʰ-, grammatiste, grammatista, γραμματιστής
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˈɡɹæmətɪst/