Georgius Choeroboscus
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Georgius Choeroboscus deacon
and professor at the ecumenical school at Constantinople
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He is also called chartophylax either as the holder of some ecclesiastical office or as superintendent of the university library. It is not known whether Choeroboscus (Greek for swineherd) is an allusion to his earlier occupation or an inherited family name. During his tenure of office he delivered a course of lectures on grammar
, which has come down to us in the shape of notes taken by his pupils. He drew from the best authorities: Apollonius Dyscolus
, Herodian
, Orion, and Theodosios I of Alexandria. The lectures are well-organised and written in a clear style, but suffer from diffuseness. They were much used by Constantine Lascaris
in his Greek grammar and by Urban of Belluno at the end of the 15th century. The chief work of Choeroboscus, which we have in its complete form, is the commentary on the canons of Theodosius on declension
and conjugation
. Mention may also be made of a treatise on orthography
, of which a fragment (on quantity) has been preserved; a tract on prosody
; commentaries, on Hephaestion
and Dionysius Thrax
; and grammatical notes on the Psalms
.
Deacon
Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...
and professor at the ecumenical school at Constantinople
Constantinople
Constantinople was the capital of the Roman, Eastern Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires. Throughout most of the Middle Ages, Constantinople was Europe's largest and wealthiest city.-Names:...
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He is also called chartophylax either as the holder of some ecclesiastical office or as superintendent of the university library. It is not known whether Choeroboscus (Greek for swineherd) is an allusion to his earlier occupation or an inherited family name. During his tenure of office he delivered a course of lectures on grammar
Grammar
In linguistics, grammar is the set of structural rules that govern the composition of clauses, phrases, and words in any given natural language. The term refers also to the study of such rules, and this field includes morphology, syntax, and phonology, often complemented by phonetics, semantics,...
, which has come down to us in the shape of notes taken by his pupils. He drew from the best authorities: Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus
Apollonius Dyscolus is considered one of the greatest of the Greek grammarians. He was born at Alexandria, son of Mnesitheus. The dates for his life are not known...
, Herodian
Aelius Herodianus
Aelius Herodianus or Herodian was one of the most celebrated grammarians of Greco-Roman antiquity. He is usually known as Herodian except when there is a danger of confusion with the historian also named Herodian....
, Orion, and Theodosios I of Alexandria. The lectures are well-organised and written in a clear style, but suffer from diffuseness. They were much used by Constantine Lascaris
Constantine Lascaris
Constantine Lascaris was a Greek scholar and grammarian, one of the promoters of the revival of Greek learning in the Italian peninsula, born at Constantinople....
in his Greek grammar and by Urban of Belluno at the end of the 15th century. The chief work of Choeroboscus, which we have in its complete form, is the commentary on the canons of Theodosius on declension
Declension
In linguistics, declension is the inflection of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and articles to indicate number , case , and gender...
and conjugation
Grammatical conjugation
In linguistics, conjugation is the creation of derived forms of a verb from its principal parts by inflection . Conjugation may be affected by person, number, gender, tense, aspect, mood, voice, or other grammatical categories...
. Mention may also be made of a treatise on orthography
Orthography
The orthography of a language specifies a standardized way of using a specific writing system to write the language. Where more than one writing system is used for a language, for example Kurdish, Uyghur, Serbian or Inuktitut, there can be more than one orthography...
, of which a fragment (on quantity) has been preserved; a tract on prosody
Prosody (linguistics)
In linguistics, prosody is the rhythm, stress, and intonation of speech. Prosody may reflect various features of the speaker or the utterance: the emotional state of the speaker; the form of the utterance ; the presence of irony or sarcasm; emphasis, contrast, and focus; or other elements of...
; commentaries, on Hephaestion
Hephaestion (grammarian)
Hephaestion was a grammarian of Alexandria who flourished in the age of the Antonines. He was the author of a manual of Greek metres, which is most valuable as the only complete treatise on the subject that has been preserved. The concluding chapter discusses the various kinds of poetical...
and Dionysius Thrax
Dionysius Thrax
Dionysius Thrax was a Hellenistic grammarian and a pupil of Aristarchus of Samothrace. His place of origin was not Thrace as the epithet Thrax denotes, but probably Alexandria...
; and grammatical notes on the Psalms
Psalms
The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
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