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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

  • καὶ αἱ πλάκεσ ἔργον Θεοῦ ἦσαν, καὶ ἡ γραφὴ γραφὴ Θεοῦ κεκολαμμένη ἐν ταῖσ πλαξί. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 32:16)
  • πάντα ἐν γραφῇ χειρὸσ Κυρίου ἔδωκε Δαυὶδ Σαλωμὼν κατὰ τὴν περιγενηθεῖσαν αὐτῷ σύνεσιν τῆσ κατεργασίασ τοῦ παραδείγματοσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 28:19)
  • καὶ εἶπε Χιρὰμ βασιλεὺσ Τύρου ἐν γραφῇ καὶ ἀπέστειλε πρὸσ Σαλωμὼν λέγων. ἐν τῷ ἀγαπῆσαι Κύριον τὸν λαὸν αὐτοῦ ἔδωκέ σε ἐπ’ αὐτοὺσ βασιλέα. (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 2:11)
  • καὶ ἦλθεν αὐτῷ ἐν γραφῇ παρὰ Ἠλιοὺ τοῦ προφήτου λέγων. τάδε λέγει Κύριοσ Θεὸσ Δαυὶδ τοῦ πατρόσ σου. ἀνθ’ ὧν οὐκ ἐπορεύθησ ἐν ὁδῷ Ἰωσαφὰτ τοῦ πατρόσ σου καὶ ἐν ὁδοῖσ Ἀσὰ βασιλέωσ Ἰούδα (Septuagint, Liber II Paralipomenon 21:12)

Synonyms

  1. a painter

Related

Similar forms

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

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