grammaticomastix
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικομάστῑξ (grammatikomástīx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ɡram.ma.tɪ.kɔˈmas.tiːks]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ɡram.ma.t̪i.koˈmas.t̪iks]
Proper noun
grammaticomastīx m (genitive grammaticomastīgis); third declension
- (humorous) a scourge of grammar and/or grammarians.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | grammaticomastīx | grammaticomastīgēs |
| genitive | grammaticomastīgis | grammaticomastīgum |
| dative | grammaticomastīgī | grammaticomastīgibus |
| accusative | grammaticomastīgem grammaticomastīga |
grammaticomastīgēs grammaticomastīgas |
| ablative | grammaticomastīge | grammaticomastīgibus |
| vocative | grammaticomastīx | grammaticomastīgēs |
References
- “grammătĭcŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- grammaticomastīx in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung