γραφή
First declension Noun; Feminine
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
γραφή
γραφῆς
Structure:
γραφ
(Stem)
+
η
(Ending)
Sense
- drawing
- painting
- writing, a writing
- description
Declension
First declension
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.
- τάχα γὰρ ἂν εἰε͂́ν τινεσ αἱ ἐμὲ διαλανθάνουσαι τοιαῦται γραφαί, τὸ δὲ τῆσ ἀπάντων ἱστορίασ ὁρ́ον ἑαυτὸν ποιεῖν καὶ περὶ τοῦ μὴ γεγονέναι τι τῶν δυνατῶν γενέσθαι λέγειν αὔθαδεσ πάνυ καὶ οὐ πόρρω μανίασ. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De antiquis oratoribus, chapter 4 1:3)
- εἰσὶ δή τινεσ ἀρχαῖαι γραφαί, χρώμασι μὲν εἰργασμέναι ἁπλῶσ καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἐν τοῖσ μίγμασιν ἔχουσαι ποικιλίαν, ἀκριβεῖσ δὲ ταῖσ γραμμαῖσ καὶ πολὺ τὸ χαρίεν ἐν ταύταισ ἔχουσαι. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 42)
- καίτοι πρῴην ἀπηνέχθησαν κατ’ αὐτοῦ αἱ γραφαί, καὶ οὐδὲν ἤπειγεν ἤδη κεκρίσθαι. (Lucian, Bis accusatus sive tribunalia, (no name) 25:6)
- γραφαί τε ἐπὶ τούτῳ καὶ εἰκόνεσ καὶ ξόανα, τὰ μὲν ἐκ χαλκοῦ, τὰ δὲ ἐξ ἀργύρου εἰκασμένα, καὶ ὄνομά γε τῷ θεῷ ἐπιτεθέν Γλύκων γὰρ ἐκαλεῖτο ἔκ τινοσ ἐμμέτρου καὶ θείου προστάγματοσ. (Lucian, Alexander, (no name) 18:2)
- ἢ χρημάτων γὰρ δοῦλόσ ἐστιν ἢ τύχησ, ἢ πλῆθοσ αὐτὸν πόλεοσ ἢ νόμων γραφαὶ εἴργουσι χρῆσθαι μὴ κατὰ γνώμην τρόποισ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode, iambics 6:3)
Synonyms
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drawing
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painting
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writing
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description