grammátikos
Grammátikos, from the Greek γραμματικός, literally means “one skilled in letters” and is commonly rendered in English as “grammarian” or “scholar of grammar.” In Greek usage the term designates a person who studies the structure of language, its literature, and textual transmission.
In classical Greece, grammatikoi were professional scholars: teachers of grammar and literature, editors and commentators of
In the Roman world and in late antiquity the term was Latinized as grammaticus. In medieval Latin
In Byzantine and later scholarly usage, grammátikos continued to denote scholars of the Greek language and
Modern English uses “grammarian” to translate grammátikos, though the term remains relatively specialized. Across periods, the