pedant
pedant
subs.
Use adj., P. μικρολόγος.
subs.
Use adj., P. μικρολόγος.
PEDANT
homo ineptus (according to the definition given by Cic. De Or. 2 4 17 comes nearly up to this notion; compare Ruhnken Sen. Ep. 76 13 p. 4): homo putidus (wearisome tedious from the length of his explanations): homo tetricus (stiff unbending; checking every outbreak of mirth). OBS. doctor umbraticus in Petronius (= “a private tutor attending at the pupil’s own house).
homo ineptus (according to the definition given by Cic. De Or. 2 4 17 comes nearly up to this notion; compare Ruhnken Sen. Ep. 76 13 p. 4): homo putidus (wearisome tedious from the length of his explanations): homo tetricus (stiff unbending; checking every outbreak of mirth). OBS. doctor umbraticus in Petronius (= “a private tutor attending at the pupil’s own house).
pedant:
1. (homo) ĭneptus (one who wastes his labour on trivialities): they look on him as a Greekified p., illum ineptum et Graeculum putant, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 221: cf. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14, habet autem magistros non ex istis ineptis, qui dies totos de officio ac de virtute disserunt.
2. schŏlastĭcus (late): holla! you p.! heus! tu scholastice, Apul. 2, p. 27.
3. perh. umbrātĭcus doctor (strictly, an indoors teacher: hence, one whose study is confined to books): Petr. 2. Or expr. by various circumlocutions: (homo) nimium diligens atque subtilis; usque ad morositatem elegans; putida quadam doctrinae affectatione: cf. Nägels. Stil. p. 30.
1. (homo) ĭneptus (one who wastes his labour on trivialities): they look on him as a Greekified p., illum ineptum et Graeculum putant, Cic. de Or. 1, 51, 221: cf. post Red. in Sen. 6, 14, habet autem magistros non ex istis ineptis, qui dies totos de officio ac de virtute disserunt.
2. schŏlastĭcus (late): holla! you p.! heus! tu scholastice, Apul. 2, p. 27.
3. perh. umbrātĭcus doctor (strictly, an indoors teacher: hence, one whose study is confined to books): Petr. 2. Or expr. by various circumlocutions: (homo) nimium diligens atque subtilis; usque ad morositatem elegans; putida quadam doctrinae affectatione: cf. Nägels. Stil. p. 30.