# grammatica
## Dutch
### Etymology

From Latin grammatica, from Ancient Greek γραμματική (grammatikḗ, “skilled in writing”), from γράμμα (grámma, “line of writing”), from γράφω (gráphō, “write”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerebh- (“to scratch”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌɣrɑˈmaː.ti.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

### Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatica's, diminutive grammaticaatje n)
* grammar (rules for speaking and writing a language)
* (metonymically) grammatical manual

#### Synonyms

* spraakkunst

#### Derived terms

* basisgrammatica
* grammaticafout
* grammaticaregel

#### Related terms

* grammaticaal
* grammaticus

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: gramatika
* Negerhollands: grammatica

## Interlingua
### Noun

grammatica (plural grammaticas)
* grammar

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/
* Rhymes: -atika
* Hyphenation: gram‧mà‧ti‧ca
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

grammatica
* feminine singular of grammatico

### Noun

grammatica f (plural grammatiche)
* grammar (book describing grammar)
* female equivalent of grammatico (“grammarian”)

#### Derived terms

* grammaticale
* grammatologia

#### Related terms

* grammatico
* sgrammatico

### Further reading

* grammatica in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* grammatica in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* grammatica: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkä]
* grammatica: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]
* grammaticā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ɡramˈma.ti.kaː/, [ɡrämˈmät̪ɪkäː]
* grammaticā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ɡramˈma.ti.ka/, [ɡrämˈmäːt̪ikä]

### Etymology 1

Short for ars grammatica, a partial calque of Ancient Greek γραμματική τέχνη (grammatikḗ tékhnē, “art of letters”), from γραμματικός (grammatikós, “of letters”).

#### Noun

grammatica f (genitive grammaticae); first declension grammatica n pl (genitive grammaticōrum); second declension
* grammar, philology
    Synonym: grammaticē f

##### Declension

| First-declension noun. singular plural nominative grammatica grammaticae genitive grammaticae grammaticārum dative grammaticae grammaticīs accusative grammaticam grammaticās ablative grammaticā grammaticīs vocative grammatica grammaticae | Second-declension noun (neuter), plural only. plural nominative grammatica genitive grammaticōrum dative grammaticīs accusative grammatica ablative grammaticīs vocative grammatica |

##### Coordinate terms

* lūdus litterārius (“primary school, elementary school”)

##### Derived terms

* grammaticālis
* grammaticāliter

##### Related terms

* grammaticē (adverb)
* grammaticomastix
* grammaticus
* grammatista
* grammatodidascalus

##### Descendants

* Lombard: grammaia (obsolete)
* Old French: gramaire, gamaire, gramarie, grammaire, gramoire (see there for further descendants)

#### Noun

grammaticā
* ablative singular of grammatica

#### References

* “grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “grammatica”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* grammatica in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “grammatica”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* grammatica in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
* Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “grammatica”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 285
* Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “grammatĭca”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 216

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

grammatica
* inflection of grammaticus (“grammatical, philological”):
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

grammaticā
* ablative feminine singular of grammaticus (“grammatical, philological”)

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)
* Pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of gramática.

### Etymology 2
#### Adjective

grammatica
* feminine singular of grammatico

#### Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)
* female equivalent of grammatico

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡɾaˈmatika/ [ɡɾaˈma.t̪i.ka]
* Rhymes: -atika
* Syllabification: gram‧ma‧ti‧ca

### Noun

grammatica f (plural grammaticas)
* Obsolete spelling of gramática.