LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefirst declension

grammatista

grammatista m (genitive grammatistae)

Meaning

  1. masculinea grammar teacher, someone who teaches reading and writing, an elementary school teacher
  2. Medieval Latinmasculinea grammar student
  3. New Latinmasculinea second grade (class) student of a gymnasium, the grades being, in order: rudimentistae, grammatistae, syntaxistae minor, syntaxistae maior, humanistae, rhetores

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativegrammatistagrammatistae
genitivegrammatistaegrammatistārum
dativegrammatistaegrammatistīs
accusativegrammatistamgrammatistās
ablativegrammatistāgrammatistīs
vocativegrammatistagrammatistae

grammătista, ae, m., = γραμματιστής,
I. a teacher of grammar or of languages: sunt qui litteratum a litteratore distinguant, ut Graeci grammaticum a grammatista: et illum quidem absolute, hunc mediocriter doctum existiment, Suet. Gramm. 4; id. ib. 24; Mart. Cap. 3, § 229.

Origins

Ancient Greek γραμματιστής (grammatistḗs)

Descendants
  • Frenchgrammatiste
  • Englishgrammatistfrom French grammatiste

In English words that came into English from grammatista

  • grammatistgrammatista

Quick answers

What does grammatista mean in Latin?
grammatista, a noun, means “a grammar teacher, someone who teaches reading and writing, an elementary school teacher; a grammar student; a second grade (class) student of a gymnasium, the grades being, in order: rudimentistae, grammatistae, syntaxi”.
What is the genitive of grammatista?
The genitive singular is grammatistae. grammatista is masculine, first declension.