noun
littĕrĭo
Meaning
- a language-master
littĕrĭo (lītĕr-), ōnis, m. litterae,
I. a language-master, in a contemptuous sense:
appellare (aliquem) loquacem talpam, et purpuratam simiam, et litterionem Graecum, Amm. 17, 11, 1; so, Graecus, Aug. adv. Leg. et Proph. 1, § 52.