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  • It was, certainly, well known to such an accomplished "grammaticus" as

    Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852

  • Two partial commentaries (c. 840-c. 850) on De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii [The Marriage of Philolology and Mercury], the liberal arts handbook of the late Latin author, Martianus Capella, survive from Eriugena™s period as royal master, as well as the Biblical glosses, Glossae Divinae Historiae, all of which attest to his skill as a grammaticus.

    John Scottus Eriugena Moran, Dermot 2004

  • At first he had taken on the role of grammaticus, taught rhetoric to young men; then, a little wearied by the posturings of noble Roman youths, he opened a school for younger boys.

    The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991

  • However, his tutors had been Asian Greeks — his pedagogue hailed from Lampsacus on the Hellespont, and his grammaticus from Amisus on the coast of Pontus — and they spoke a heavily accented Greek.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • As soon as Sulla Senior was tipped onto his straw pallet, the old grammaticus sat himself down on the only chair and proceeded to extricate as much of his family history from him as the boy knew.

    The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990

  • Criticus was a higher term than grammaticus but criticus was also concerned with the interpretation of texts and words.

    LITERARY CRITICISM REN 1968

  • Juvenal had a full course of education, first under the _litterator_ and the _grammaticus_, then under the _rhetor.

    The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills

  • A superb specimen of their skill was executed for Bishop Ethelwold; that enlightened and benevolent prelate was a great patron of art and literature, and himself a grammaticus and poet of no mean pretensions.

    Bibliomania in the Middle Ages Frederick Somner Merryweather

  • Indicium autem suum grammaticus interponat his omnibus; nam hoc valere plurimum debet.

    The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord

  • Under the direction of the literatus and the grammaticus education took on a literary character, while in the school of the rhetor the art of oratory was carefully cultivated.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913

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