γράφω
Non-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
γράφω
γράψω
ἔγραψα
γέγραφα
γέγραμμαι
ἐγράφην
Structure:
γράφ
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- I scratch, carve
- I draw, sketch
- I write
- I indict, prosecute
Conjugation
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.
- ἐγράψατο κύων Κυδαθηναιεὺσ Λάβητ’ Αἰξωνέα τὸν τυρὸν ἀδικεῖν ὅτι μόνοσ κατήσθιεν τὸν Σικελικόν. (Aristophanes, Wasps, Episode7)
- ἐγράψατο μὲν οὖν τὸν Κλώδιον εἷσ τῶν δημάρχων ἀσεβείασ, καὶ συνέστησαν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν οἱ δυνατώτατοι τῶν ἀπὸ τῆσ βουλῆσ, ἄλλασ τε δεινὰσ ἀσελγείασ καταμαρτυροῦντεσ καὶ μοιχείαν ἀδελφῆσ, ἣ Λευκούλλῳ συνῳκήκει. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 10 5:1)
- πυρὶ μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἔδοσαν τὸν νεκρὸν αὐτοῦ κωλύσαντοσ, ὡσ λέγεται, δύο δὲ ποιησάμενοι λιθίνασ σοροὺσ ὑπὸ τὸ Ιἄνοκλον ἔθηκαν, τὴν μὲν ἑτέραν ἔχουσαν τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ἑτέραν τὰσ ἱερὰσ βίβλουσ ἃσ ἐγράψατο μὲν αὐτόσ, ὥσπερ οἱ τῶν Ἑλλήνων νομοθέται τοὺσ κύρβεισ, ἐκδιδάξασ δὲ τοὺσ ἱερεῖσ ἔτι ζῶν τὰ γεγραμμένα καὶ πάντων ἕξιν τε καὶ γνώμην ἐνεργασάμενοσ αὐτοῖσ, ἐκέλευσε συνταφῆναι μετὰ τοῦ σώματοσ, ὡσ οὐ καλῶσ ἐν ἀψύχοισ γράμμασι φρουρουμένων τῶν ἀπορρήτων. (Plutarch, Numa, chapter 22 2:1)
- ἐκεῖ δὲ καὶ τοῖσ Ὁμήρου ποιήμασιν ἐντυχὼν πρῶτον, ὡσ ἐοίκε, παρὰ τοῖσ ἐκγόνοισ τοῖσ Κρεοφύλου διατηρουμένοισ, καὶ κατιδὼν ἐν αὐτοῖσ τῆσ πρὸσ ἡδονὴν καὶ ἀκρασίαν διατριβῆσ τὸ πολιτικὸν καὶ παιδευτικὸν οὐκ ἐλάττονοσ ἄξιον σπουδῆσ ἀναμεμιγμένον, ἐγράψατο προθύμωσ καὶ συνήγαγεν ὡσ δεῦρο κομιῶν. (Plutarch, Lycurgus, chapter 4 4:1)
- κἄπειτα ὁ πατὴρ καταστήσασ ἐγγυητὰσ ἐγράψατο τὸν Σπεύσιππον παρανόμων, καὶ ἠγωνίσατο ἐν ἑξακισχιλίοισ Ἀθηναίων, καὶ μετέλαβε δικαστῶν τοσούτων οὐδὲ διακοσίασ ψήφουσ ὁ Σπεύσιπποσ. (Andocides, Speeches, 38:5)
Synonyms
-
I scratch
- κνάω (to scratch, to scratch oneself)
-
I draw
-
I write
-
I indict
Derived
- ἀναγράφω (to engrave and set up, to inscribe, register)
- ἀπογράφω (to write off, copy: to enter in a list, register)
- διαγράφω (to mark out by lines, delineate, to draw a line through)
- ἐγγράφω (to mark in or on, to paint on, to inscribe)
- εἰσγράφω (to write in, inscribe, to have oneself written)
- ἐκγράφω (to write out, to write out or copy for oneself)
- ἐπιγράφω (to mark the surface, just pierce, graze)
- καταγράφω (to scratch away, lacerate, to engrave)
- μεταγράφω (to write differently, to alter or correct what one has written, to alter the record)
- παραγράφω (to write by the side, to add, to enroll)
- περιγράφω (to draw a line round, mark round, to draw)
- προγράφω (to write before or first, to give public notice of, to summon by public notice)
- προσγράφω (to write besides, add in writing, conditions added to a treaty)
- προσεγγράφω (to inscribe besides upon a pillar, to add a limiting clause)
- προσεπιγράφω (to write on besides)
- συγγράφω (to write or note down, to have, written down)
- συναναγράφω (to register or record together)
- ὑπογράφω (to write under, to sign )
