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γραφή

First declension Noun; Feminine Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραφή γραφῆς

Structure: γραφ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: gra/fw

Sense

  1. drawing
  2. painting
  3. writing, a writing
  4. description

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative γραφή γραφᾱ́ γραφαί
Genitive γραφῆς γραφαῖν γραφῶν
Dative γραφῇ γραφαῖν γραφαῖς
Accusative γραφήν γραφᾱ́ γραφᾱ́ς
Vocative γραφή γραφᾱ́ γραφαί

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 τούτων ζητηθείσησ τῆσ γενικῆσ γραφῆσ ἐν τῷ καταλοχισμῷ καὶ μὴ εὑρεθείσησ, ἐχωρίσθησαν τοῦ ἱερατεύειν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 5:39)
  • καὶ τοῦτο τὸ ἀντίγραφον τῆσ γραφῆσ. «̓Οκτωκαιδεκάτῃ Ἐλούλ, ἔτουσ δευτέρου καὶ ἑβδομηκοστοῦ καὶ ἑκατοστοῦ ‐ καὶ τοῦτο τρίτον ἔτοσ ἐπὶ Σίμωνοσ ἀρχιερέως (Septuagint, Liber Maccabees I 14:27)
  • ἵν’ οὖν ὡσ ἥκιστα περιπίπτωμεν αὐταῖσ, ὑποδεῖξαι βούλομαι τῷ λόγῳ καθάπερ ἐπί τινοσ γραφῆσ ὁποῖὸν τί ἐστιν ἡ διαβολὴ καὶ πόθεν ἄρχεται καὶ ὁποῖα ἐργάζεται. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 2:1)
  • οὕτωσ μὲν Ἀπελλῆσ τὸν ἑαυτοῦ κίνδυνον ἐπὶ τῆσ γραφῆσ ἐμιμήσατο. (Lucian, Calumniae non temere credundum, (no name) 5:10)
  • πολὺσ γὰρ ὁ περὶ αὐτῶν λόγοσ, ὃν οὐ καλῶσ εἶχεν ἑτέρασ γραφῆσ ποιῆσαι πάρεργον. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Ad Ammaeum, chapter 33)

Synonyms

  1. drawing

  2. painting

  3. writing

  4. description

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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