Chrysoloras’ Erotemata, and the evolution of grammatical descriptions (original) (raw)

This article is an analysis of the categorisation of Greek nominals in Greek grammatical theory, and in particular the advances made by late 14th century Byzantine scholars. The analysis concerns the process by which the canones of Theodosius Alexandrinus, the 56 in- flectional categories described in the 4th century CE, came to be condensed into a mere ten, in the grammar Erotemata by Manuel Chrysoloras (1355–1415), and considers Chrysoloras’ achievement as part of the larger scholarly context in Constantinopel at the end of 14th century.