LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

grammatica

grammatica f (genitive grammaticae)
Classical[ɡramˈma.tɪ.ka]Ecclesiastical[ɡramˈmaː.ti.ka]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. feminineneuterpluralgrammar, philology

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

ars litterārum et verbōrum rēctōrum.
grammatica -ae f — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegrammaticagrammaticae
grammatica
genitivegrammaticaegrammaticārum
grammaticōrum
dativegrammaticaegrammaticīs
accusativegrammaticamgrammaticās
grammatica
ablativegrammaticāgrammaticīs
vocativegrammaticagrammaticae
grammatica

grammătĭca, ae, v. 1. grammaticus, II. B.

Origins

Short for ars grammatica, a partial calque of Ancient Greek γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, “art of letters”), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, “of letters”).

Descendants
  • Lombardgrammaia
  • Old Frenchgramaire
  • Old Frenchgamaire
  • Old Frenchgramarie
  • Old Frenchgrammaire
  • Old Frenchgramoire

Quick answers

What does grammatica mean in Latin?
grammatica, a noun, means “grammar, philology”.
What is the genitive of grammatica?
The genitive singular is grammaticae. grammatica is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce grammatica?
In classical Latin, [ɡramˈma.tɪ.ka]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ɡramˈmaː.ti.ka].