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.
- καὶ μέντοι καὶ αὐτὸσ ὁ Λίβιοσ ἀεὶ δημηγορῶν ἔλεγεν ὡσ γράφοι ταῦτα τῇ βουλῇ δοκοῦντα κηδομένῃ τῶν πολλῶν ὃ δὴ καὶ μόνον ἀπὸ τῶν πολιτευμάτων αὐτοῦ χρήσιμον ὑπῆρχεν. (Plutarch, Caius Gracchus, chapter 9 3:2)
- τί οὖν οὐ καταγελᾷ καὶ τοῦ καθηγεμόνοσ, τοῦτ’ αὐτὸ πράττοντοσ, ὁσάκισ γράφοι καὶ διαλέγοιτο περὶ οὐσίασ ψυχῆσ καὶ τοῦ ἀθρόου τῆσ καταρχῆσ; (Plutarch, Adversus Colotem, section 205)
- ὁ Δημοσθένησ οὖν οὕτωσ ἄθλιοσ ἦν, ὥσθ’ ὅτε γράφοι τοὺσ λόγουσ, μέτρα καὶ ῥυθμοὺσ ὥσπερ οἱ πλάσται παρατιθέμενοσ, ἐναρμόττειν ἐπειρᾶτο τούτοισ τοῖσ τύποισ τὰ κῶλα στρέφων ἄνω καὶ κάτω τὰ ὀνόματα καὶ παραφυλάττων τὰ μήκη καὶ τοὺσ χρόνουσ καὶ τὰσ πτώσεισ τῶν ὀνομάτων καὶ τὰσ ἐγκλίσεισ τῶν ῥημάτων καὶ πάντα τὰ συμβεβηκότα τοῖσ μορίοισ τοῦ λόγου πολυπραγμονῶν; (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Compositione Verborum, chapter 2563)
- εἰ δέ τισ ὑποτεύξεται πρὸσ ταῦτα θαυμάζειν λέγων, εἰ καὶ κακοδαίμων οὕτωσ ἦν ὁ τηλικοῦτοσ ἀνήρ, ὥσθ’ ὅτε γράφοι τοὺσ λόγουσ, ἄνω καὶ κάτω στρέφειν τὰ μόρια τῆσ λέξεωσ καὶ τὰ ἐκ τούτων συντιθέμενα κῶλα, ἐμμελείασ τε καὶ ῥυθμοὺσ καὶ μέτρα, μουσικῆσ οἰκεῖα θεωρίασ πράγματα καὶ ποιητικῆσ, εἰσ τὴν πολιτικὴν ἐναρμόττων φράσιν, ᾗ τούτων οὐδενὸσ μέτεστιν, πρῶτον μὲν ἐκεῖνο ἐνθυμηθήτω, ὅτι ὁ τοσαύτησ δόξησ ἠξιωμένοσ ἀνὴρ ἐπὶ λόγοισ, ὅσησ οὐδεὶσ τῶν πρότερον, αἰώνια συνταττόμενοσ ἔργα καὶ τῷ πάντα βασανίζοντι χρόνῳ παραδιδούσ, οὐδὲν ἐκ τοῦ ἐπιτυχόντοσ ἔγραφεν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 512)
- ὃσ εἰσ τοσοῦτον ἐλήλυθε τόλμησ, ὥστε πείσασ Ἀγάθαρχον τὸν γραφέα συνεισελθεῖν οἴκαδε τὴν οἰκίαν ἐπηνάγκασε γράφειν, δεομένου δὲ καὶ προφάσεισ ἀληθεῖσ λέγοντοσ, ὡσ οὐκ ἂν δύναιτο ταῦτα πράττειν ἤδη διὰ τὸ συγγραφὰσ ἔχειν παρ’ ἑτέρων, προεῖπεν αὐτῷ δήσειν, εἰ μὴ πάνυ ταχέωσ γράφοι. (Andocides, Speeches, 27:1)
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 )
