grammaticomastix
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek γραμματικομάστῑξ (grammatikomástīx).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡram.ma.ti.koˈmas.tiːks/, [ɡrämːät̪ɪkɔˈmäs̠t̪iːks̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ɡram.ma.ti.koˈmas.tiks/, [ɡrämːät̪ikoˈmäst̪iks]
Proper noun
grammaticomastīx m (genitive grammaticomastīgis); third declension
- (humorous) a scourge of grammar and/or grammarians.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | grammaticomastīx | grammaticomastīgēs |
| Genitive | grammaticomastīgis | grammaticomastīgum |
| Dative | grammaticomastīgī | grammaticomastīgibus |
| Accusative | grammaticomastīgem grammaticomastīga |
grammaticomastīgēs grammaticomastīgas |
| Ablative | grammaticomastīge | grammaticomastīgibus |
| Vocative | grammaticomastīx | grammaticomastīgēs |
References
- “grammătĭcŏmastix”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- grammaticomastīx in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung
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