γραμματικός
grammatikos
knowing oneʼs letters, a good scholar
Appears 59 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γραμματικός, ή, όν, A. knowing oneʼs letters, a good scholar, Mem. 4.2.20, Tht. 207b, EN 1105a21: Comp., Plt. 285d, 1.621; opp. ἀγράμματος, Epict. 3.19.6; ἀνὴρ γ. 2.582a. Adv. -κῶς Tht. l.c., etc. 2. γ. ἔκπωμα a cup engraved with the alphabet or an inscription, 69, cf. 11.466d, Lex. 7. 3. γ. ἀνάγκαι f.l. for γραμμικαί, Pr. 2.46. II. Subst., γραμματικός, ὁ, teacher of the rudiments, Epid. 4.37, 2.59f:—fem. -κή, Sammelb. 5753. 2. one who occupies himself with literary texts, grammarian, critic, 32.2.5, 3.61, 53.1, IG 14.1183, etc.; first used of Apollodorus of Cyrene, acc. to Strom. 1.16.79:—fem. -κή, ἡ, 1.14d. 3. concerned with textual criticism, ἐξήγησις Th. 51; γραμματικά, title of work by Eratosthenes, l.c. III. ἡ -κή (with or without τέχνη) grammar, Cra. 431e, Sph. 253a, etc.; ἡ γ. ἐπιστήμη Top. 142b31. b. faculty of scholarship, γ. ἐστιν ἕξις παντελὴς ἐν γράμμασι ap. Sch. D.T.p.160 H., cf. 1.502, AP 7.588 (Paul. Sil.). 2. alphabet, script, 3.1.6, 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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