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grammatist
/ˈɡɹæmətɪst/
noun 2
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2ADJ.
under
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apparently
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noun
1
A teacher of prose literature and letters in Ancient Greece.
1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38. The grammatist, apparently, taught literature in so far as it was read while the citharist taught the poetry which was usually sung.
The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
2
A grammarian.
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1907 (Mar.), L. F. Anderson, "A Study of the Prototypes of the Modern Non-professional School among the Greeksand the Romans", The Pedagogical Seminary, 14(1): 1-38. The grammatist, apparently, taught
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The Athenian child's school education began with the study of letters under the grammatist.
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