Meanings
plural grammatists
- historicalA 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.
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The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
1909, Lewis Flint Anderson, History of Common School Education, page 12 - A grammarian.
Origin
- Ancient Greekγραμματιστής
- Medieval Latingrammatista
- Frenchgrammatiste
- Englishgrammatist
From French grammatiste, from the Medieval Latin grammatista, from the Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs), from γράμμα (grámma, “letter”).
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