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γραφεύς

Third declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραφεύς

Structure: γραφευ (Stem) + ς (Ending)

Etym.: gra/fw

Sense

  1. a painter

Declension

Third declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γραφεύς γραφή γραφής
Genitive γραφέως γραφέοιν γραφέων
Dative γραφεί γραφέοιν γραφεῦσιν*
Accusative γραφέα γραφή γραφέᾱς
Vocative γραφεύ γραφή γραφής

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • μᾶλλον δὲ τὸν ἄριστον τῶν γραφέων Ὅμηρον παρόντοσ Εὐφράνοροσ καὶ Ἀπελλοῦ δεδέγμεθα· (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 8:1)
  • ταῦτα μὲν οὖν πλαστῶν καὶ γραφέων καὶ ποιητῶν παῖδεσ ἐργάσονται. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 9:1)
  • καί μοι δοκῶ συνεργῶν καὶ αὐτὸσ δεήσεσθαι πρὸσ τὴν εἰκόνα, οὐ πλαστῶν οὐδὲ γραφέων μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ φιλοσόφων, ὡσ πρὸσ τοὺσ ἐκείνων κανόνασ ἀπευθῦναι τὸ ἄγαλμα καὶ δεῖξαι κατὰ τὴν ἀρχαίαν πλαστικὴν κατεσκευασμένον. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 12:4)
  • "τῶν γραφέων ἐκείνοισ μάλιστα, οἳ ἂν πρὸσ τὸ εὐμορφότερον αὐτοὺσ εἰκάσωσιν. (Lucian, Pro imaginibus, (no name) 6:2)
  • ὁ Ζεῦξισ ἐκεῖνοσ ἄριστοσ γραφέων γενόμενοσ τὰ δημώδη καὶ τὰ κοινὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἔγραφεν, ἢ ὅσα πάνυ ὀλίγα, ἡρ́ωασ ἢ θεοὺσ ἢ πολέμουσ, ἀεὶ δὲ καινοποιεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο καὶ τι ἀλλόκοτον ἂν καὶ ξένον ἐπινοήσασ ἐπ̓ ἐκείνῳ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν τῆσ τέχνησ ἐπεδείκνυτο· (Lucian, Zeuxis 5:2)

Synonyms

  1. a painter

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Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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