grammatica

Etymology

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (“to scratch”).

Pronunciation

• grammatica

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• Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)

1. grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
2. (metonymically) grammatical manual

Noun

grammatica (plural grammaticas)

1. grammar

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)

1. grammar

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)

1. grammarian (female)

Etymology

Short for ars grammatica, calque and transliteration of γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, “art of letters”), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, “of letters”).

Pronunciation 1

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡramˈma.tɪ.ka]

Pronunciation 2

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ɡramˈma.ti.kaː/, [ɡramˈma.tɪ.kaː]

References

• grammatica in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• grammatica in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grammatica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• grammatica in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• grammatica in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016

Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)

1. Obsolete spelling of gramática