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γραμματικός

γραμματικός, knowing one’s letters, well grounded in the rudiments, a grammarian

γραμμᾰτ-ικός, ή, όν,
  • knowing oneʼs letters, a good scholar, X. Mem. 4.2.20, Pl. Tht. 207b, Arist. EN 1105a21: Comp., Pl. Plt. 285d, Ph. 1.621; opp. ἀγράμματος, Arr. Epict. 3.19.6; ἀνὴρ γ. Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.582a. Adv. -κῶς Pl. Tht. l.c., etc.
      • 2 γ. ἔκπωμα a cup engraved with the alphabet or an inscription, Eub. 69, cf. Ath. 11.466d, Luc. Lex. 7.
      • 3 γ. ἀνάγκαι f.l. for γραμμικαί, Alex.Aphr. Pr. 2.46.
    • II Subst., γραμματικός, ὁ, teacher of the rudiments, Hp. Epid. 4.37, Plu. Adul. 2.59f:—fem. -κή, Sammelb. 5753.
      • 2 one who occupies himself with literary texts, grammarian, critic, Plb. 32.2.5, D.L. 3.61, D.Chr. 53.1, IG 14.1183, etc.; first used of Apollodorus of Cyrene, acc. to Clem.Al. Strom. 1.16.79:—fem. -κή, ἡ, Ath. 1.14d.
      • 3 concerned with textual criticism, ἐξήγησις D.H. Th. 51; γραμματικά, title of work by Eratosthenes, Clem.Al. l.c.
    • III ἡ -κή (with or without τέχνη) grammar, Pl. Cra. 431e, Sph. 253a, etc.; ἡ γ. ἐπιστήμη Arist. Top. 142b31.
        • b faculty of scholarship, γ. ἐστιν ἕξις παντελὴς ἐν γράμμασι Eratosth. ap. Sch. D.T. p.160 H., cf. Ph. 1.502, AP 7.588 (Paul.Sil.).
      • 2 alphabet, script, Str. 3.1.6, Plu. Arist. 1, etc.; ἡ ἱερὰ γ. hieroglyphic writing, OGI 56.64 (iii B. C.).
    • IV γραμματικόν, τό, fee paid to scribes in Egypt, PHib. 1.110 (iii B. C.), PTeb. 61b. 89 (ii B. C.), etc.

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