litterio

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

littĕrĭo (lītĕr-), ōnis, m. [litterae],

a language-master , in a contemptuous sense: appellare (aliquem) loquacem talpam, et purpuratam simiam, et litterionem Graecum, Amm. 17, 11, 1; so, Graecus, Aug. adv. Leg. et Proph. 1, § 52.