3. Some circumlocutions
A teacher's activity or status was frequently described allusively or periphrastically, without a precise title. One familiar example involves the teacher's use of the rod; see, e.g., the references Mayor collected in his commentary on Juv. 1.15 (London, 1888). An equally familiar and seemingly antithetical example involves his status as (foster) father; see esp. Petit, Étudiants 31ff., on the use of 
and 
in Libanius's letters, with, e.g., Paulin. Nol. Ep. 7.3, 8.1, Dion. Ant. Ep. 24 Hercher, Ennod. Dict. 8.8ff. The most common circumlocutions for "grammarian" involve expertise in poetry.
a. GVI 1182 = IKyzik. 515 Miletoupolis / M. Kemalpasa[*] (s.II), concerning Magnus: vv. 1-2, 
. The inscription concludes, 
, 
(vv. 7-8). Magnus gave the sons of Miletoupolis a taste of 
(vv. 7-8), that is, he was their teacher; and he was especially expert in Homer (vv. 1-2), that is, he was a 
. With vv. 1-2 compare SEG 6.289 = GVI 1305 Kittium (s.II 2/2): vv. 3-4, 
; cf. Part II no. 266, for Anth. Gr. 7.594.1f. With v. 8 compare CIL 6.16843 = IG 14.1537 = GVI 1326 = IGVR 3.1189.3-4: 
, 
, of Didius Taxiarches, on whom see most recently Christes, Sklaven 154.
b. Bull. ép. 1939, 447 = Iacopi, Esplorazioni 22 and fig. 88 = GVI 381 (s.II / s.III: Peek), of the teacher Sarapion of Tyana (so the stone in Iacopi's photograph; 
in Iacopi, Esplorazioni 22, and in GVI 381): 
.
c. Lib. Or. 1.44: 
, of the grammatici of Constantinople.
d. Lib. Ep. 337.1, 969.1: 
, of the grammatici Tiberinus and Diphilus, respectively; cf. Wolf, Schulwesen 32f. Compare Ep. 398.2: 
, to the grammarian Acacius. Cf. also Procop. Gaz. Ep. 57.9: 
, followed by a quotation of Callimachus (see Part II no. 142); Choric. Or. fun. Procop. 5, p. 111.4ff. Foerster-Richtsteig: 
and 
, of Procopius's studies at the grammarian's school; similarly Laud. Marc. 2.7, p. 29.20.
e. Damasc. V. Isid. epit. Phot. 60 = frg. 111 Zintzen: 
, denoting the profession of the grammarian Ammonianus. Cf. V. Isid. frg. 276: 
, a circumlocution for 
. On Damascius's periphrastic avoidance of the technical title 
, see further Appendix 2.2e.
For some other styles, cf. Paul. Silent. Anth. Gr. 7.588.3, 
, of Damocharis; Olympiod. frg. 32 = Phot. Bibl. cod. 80 (1.179 Henry) = FHG 4.64, 
, of Philtatius (cf. Part II no. 119), perhaps a circumlocution for 
. Compare 
at Hierocles and Philagrius, 
nos. 196, 197.