γραμματική

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

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.ti.kɛ̌ː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.tiˈke̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣram.ma.tiˈci/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣram.ma.tiˈci/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣra.ma.tiˈci/

Noun

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

animate senses:
1. a female teacher of the rudiments
2. a woman who occupies herself with literary texts, a female grammarian or critic
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 grămmătĭkḗ	τὼ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́ tṑ grămmătĭkā́	αἱ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαί hai grămmătĭkaí
Genitive	τῆς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῆς tês grămmătĭkês	τοῖν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖν toîn grămmătĭkaîn	τῶν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῶν tôn grămmătĭkôn
Dative	τῇ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκῇ tēî grămmătĭkēî	τοῖν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖν toîn grămmătĭkaîn	ταῖς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαῖς taîs grămmătĭkaîs
Accusative	τὴν γρᾰμμᾰτῐκήν tḕn grămmătĭkḗn	τὼ γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́ tṑ grămmătĭkā́	τᾱ̀ς γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́ς tā̀s grămmătĭkā́s
Vocative	γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή grămmătĭkḗ	γρᾰμμᾰτῐκᾱ́ grămmătĭkā́	γρᾰμμᾰτῐκαί grămmătĭkaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

Greek: γραμματική (grammatikí)

References

“γραμμᾰτικός II, III”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Adjective

γρᾰμμᾰτῐκή • (grămmătĭkḗ)

nominative singular feminine of γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós)
vocative singular feminine of γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός (grămmătĭkós)

Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

γραμματική • (grammatikí) f (uncountable)

grammar

Declension

Declension of **γραμματική**
	singular
nominative	γραμματική (grammatikí)
genitive	γραμματικής (grammatikís)
accusative	γραμματική (grammatikí)
vocative	γραμματική (grammatikí)

Adjective

γραμματική • (grammatikí)

nominative/accusative/vocative feminine singular of γραμματικός (grammatikós)

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Descendants

References

Adjective

Greek

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Adjective

Further reading