γραμματεύς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γράμμα (grámma, “writing”) +‎ -εύς (-eús, masculine suffix of person concerned).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.těu̯s/ → /ɣram.maˈteɸs/ → /ɣra.maˈtefs/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡram.ma.těu̯s/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡram.maˈteʍs/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣram.maˈteɸs/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣram.maˈtefs/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣra.maˈtefs/

Noun

γραμματεύς • (grammateús) m (genitive γραμματέως); third declension

1. secretary, registrar; clerk (title of officials in Greek poleis)
2. scribe, scholar

Inflection

Third declension of ὁ γραμμᾰτεύς; τοῦ γραμμᾰτέως (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ γραμμᾰτεύς ho grammăteús	τὼ γραμμᾰτῆ tṑ grammătê	οἱ γραμμᾰτῆς / γραμμᾰτεῖς hoi grammătês / grammăteîs
Genitive	τοῦ γραμμᾰτέως toû grammătéōs	τοῖν γραμμᾰτέοιν toîn grammătéoin	τῶν γραμμᾰτέων tôn grammătéōn
Dative	τῷ γραμμᾰτεῖ tōî grammăteî	τοῖν γραμμᾰτέοιν toîn grammătéoin	τοῖς γραμμᾰτεῦσῐ / γραμμᾰτεῦσῐν toîs grammăteûsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸν γραμμᾰτέᾱ tòn grammătéā	τὼ γραμμᾰτῆ tṑ grammătê	τοὺς γραμμᾰτέᾱς toùs grammătéās
Vocative	γραμμᾰτεῦ grammăteû	γραμμᾰτῆ grammătê	γραμμᾰτῆς / γραμμᾰτεῖς grammătês / grammăteîs
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρχῐγρᾰμμᾰτεύς (arkhĭgrămmăteús)
• γραμματεία (grammateía)
• γραμματεύω (grammateúō)

Descendants

• → Greek: γραμματέας (grammatéas) (learned)

Further reading

• “γραμματεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γραμματεύς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
• γραμματεύς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γραμματεύς in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “γραμματεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001), A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G1122 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • amanuensis idem, page 26.
  • clerk idem, page 137.
  • penman idem, page 603.
  • quill-driver idem, page 667.
  • recorder idem, page 681.
  • scribbler idem, page 742.
  • scribe idem, page 742.
  • scrivener idem, page 742.
  • secretary idem, page 747.
  • town clerk idem, page 884.
  • writer idem, page 993.
• γραμματεύς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011