▁meant ▁he ▁had ▁studied ▁and ▁master ed ▁Latin ▁grammar , ▁r het or ica , ▁dialect ica , ▁musica , ▁ar ith m ica , ▁geomet rica ▁and ▁astronom ica . ▁ ▁After ▁his ▁studies ▁he ▁started ▁teaching . ▁ ▁Works ▁After ▁several ▁years ▁of ▁teaching ▁experience , ▁Desp aut er ius ▁published ▁books ▁on ▁Latin ▁grammar ▁( Syntax is , ▁Ar s ▁vers ific ator ia , ▁Gram mat ica ▁par s ▁prima ▁and ▁Ort ograph ia ). ▁They ▁became ▁the ▁standard ▁works ▁of ▁reference ▁for ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁Latin ▁for ▁the ▁following ▁centuries ▁in ▁Western ▁Europe . ▁ ▁Leg acy ▁At ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁ 1 7 th ▁century , ▁James ▁Kirk wood ▁was ▁asked ▁what ▁he ▁thought ▁of ▁the ▁Latin ▁grammar ▁of ▁Desp aut er . ▁He ▁replied ▁that ▁if ▁some ▁defect s ▁were ▁rem ed ied , ▁it ▁could ▁be ▁made ▁excellent . ▁He ▁was ▁commission ed ▁to ▁make ▁a ▁revision , ▁which ▁appeared ▁as ▁Gram mat ica ▁Desp aut er iana ▁in ▁ 1 6 9 5 , ▁followed ▁by ▁several ▁later ▁ed itions . ▁Thomas ▁Rud dim an ' s ▁grammar ▁of ▁ 1 7 1 4 ▁is ▁considered ▁to ▁have ▁su pers eded ▁it . ▁ ▁Notes ▁ ▁Category : 1 4 8 0 s ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 5 2 0 ▁death s ▁Category : 1 6 th - century ▁Latin - language ▁writers ▁Category : F lem ish ▁Renaissance ▁human ists ▁Category : H istor ical ▁lingu ists <0x0A> </s> ▁Ban bury