chrestomathy

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I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the Latin grammar and prosody.

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  1. noun A selection of literary passages, usually by one author.
  2. noun An anthology used in studying a language.

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  • [An online archive of over 550 entries including excerpts and expanded bibliographic information.] www. csp.org/chrestomathy. l. —  Cannabis Culture Magazine
  • I had learned to read Sanscrit and to translate easy passages in the chrestomathy, and devoted myself with special zeal to the study of the Latin grammar and prosody. —  Complete Project Gutenberg Georg Ebers Works
  • Rosetta Code is a programming chrestomathy site. —  AutoHotkey Community
  • It is no aimless anthology or chrestomathy like —  Youth: Its Education, Regimen, and Hygiene
  • If you need to pause to contemplate what chrestomathy means (one dictionary definition: "a selection of literary selections, especially in a foreign language, as an aid to learning"), it won't be the only time "Sea of Poppies" slows you down. —  Alanat News
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  1. Greek khrēstomatheia : khrēstos, useful (from khrēsthai, to use; see gher-2 in Indo-European roots) + -matheia, body of learning (from manthanein, math-, to learn; see mendh- in Indo-European roots).

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  1. = French chrestomathie, from Greek χρηστομάθεια, desire of learning, a book of selections (of ‘things worth knowing’), from χρηστομαθής, desirous of learning, from χρηστός, good, worthy, useful (verbal adjective of χρῆσθαι, use), + √* μαθ in μανθάνειν, learn: see Mathematics.
 

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/krɛsˈtɑməθi/
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