Grammaticus is the Latin word for grammarian; see

Grammarian (Greco-Roman) In the Greco-Roman world, the grammarian () was responsible for the second stage in the traditional education system, after a boy had learned his basic Greek and Latin.McNelis, C. (2007) "Grammarians and rhetoricians" in Dominik, W. and Hall, J. (e ...

. It is also used to refer to a Roman patrician school. As an

agnomen An ''agnomen'' (; : ''agnomina''), in the Roman naming convention, was a nickname, just as the ''cognomen'' had been initially. However, the ''cognomina'' eventually became family names, and so ''agnomina'' were needed to distinguish between sim ...

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Ammonius Grammaticus Ammonius Grammaticus (; ; ) was a 4th-century Egyptian priest. In 391, he was involved in a violent revolt centred at Alexandria's Serapeum, where the pagan rebels tortured and killed captured Christians. After the suppression of the revolt and t ...

(4th century), Greek grammarian *

Diomedes Grammaticus Diomedes Grammaticus was a Latin grammarian who probably lived in the late 4th century AD. He wrote a grammatical treatise, known either as ''De Oratione et Partibus Orationis et Vario Genere Metrorum libri III'' or '' Ars grammatica'' in three boo ...

(4th century), Latin grammarian *

Musaeus Grammaticus Musaeus Grammaticus ( ''Mousaios'') probably belongs to the beginning of the 6th century AD, as his style and metre are evidently modeled on those of Nonnus. He lived before Agathias (530–582) and has been identified with a correspondent of Pr ...

(6th century), Greek poet *

Virgilius Maro Grammaticus Virgilius Maro Grammaticus (, ), known in English as Virgil the Grammarian or Virgil of Toulouse, is the author of two early medieval grammatical texts known as the ''Epitomae'' and the ''Epistolae''. Biographical It is unknown exactly when or ...

(7th century), early medieval Latin writer *

John VII of Constantinople John VII of Constantinople, surnamed ''Grammatikos'' or ''Grammaticus'', i.e., "''the Grammarian''" (; died before 867), was list of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople from 21 January 837 to 4 March ...

, known as John VII Grammaticus (9th century),

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox ...

Ælfric of Eynsham Ælfric of Eynsham (; ; ) was an English abbot and a student of Æthelwold of Winchester, and a consummate, prolific writer in Old English of hagiography, homilies, biblical commentaries, and other genres. He is also known variously as '' ...

, known in Latin as Alfricus Grammaticus (10th century), Anglo-Saxon abbot and author *

Saxo Grammaticus Saxo Grammaticus (), also known as Saxo cognomine Longus, was a Danish historian, theologian and author. He is thought to have been a clerk or secretary to Absalon, Archbishop of Lund, the main advisor to Valdemar I of Denmark. He is the author ...

(circa 1150 – 1220), Danish medieval historian As a

pseudonym A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true meaning ( orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's o ...

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Edward Musgrave Blaiklock Edward Musgrave Blaiklock (6 July 1903 – 26 October 1983) was chair of classics at the University of Auckland from 1947 to 1968, and champion of Christian apologetic literature in New Zealand from the 1950s until his death in 1983. Biography ...

, (1903–1983), British born New Zealand author, wrote as "Grammaticus"

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