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.
- οὐκοῦν, ὦ Πολύστρατε, μῦθον ἀντὶ μύθου ἄμειψαι αὐτῷ τῷ μέτρῳ, φασίν ἢ καὶ λώϊον, δύνασαι γάρ, καί τινα εἰκόνα γραψάμενοσ τῆσ ψυχῆσ ἐπίδειξον, ὡσ μὴ ἐξ ἡμισείασ θαυμάζοιμι αὐτήν. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 12:1)
- ἐθέλω δέ σοι πρῶτον ὥσπερ ὁ Κέβησ ἐκεῖνοσ εἰκόνα γραψάμενοσ τῷ λόγῳ ἑκατέραν ἐπιδεῖξαι τὴν ὁδὸν δύο γάρ ἐστον, αἳ πρὸσ τὴν Ῥητορικὴν ἄγετον, ἧσ ἐρᾶν οὐ μετρίωσ μοι δοκεῖσ. (Lucian, Rhetorum praeceptor, (no name) 6:2)
- καί μοι δοκῶ γραψάμενοσ εἰσ βιβλίον ταύτην ἡμῶν τὴν συνουσίαν ἅ τε αὐτὸσ ἠρώτησα καὶ σὺ πρὸσ ταῦτα ἵλεωσ ἀπεκρίνω παρέξειν ἀναγνῶναι τῶν φίλων, ὅσοι γ̓ ἐπακοῦσαι τῶν σῶν λόγων αξιοι. (Lucian, Saturnalia, 9:10)
- καί μοι γενοῦ ξύμβουλοσ, εἴτ’ αὐτοὺσ γραφὴν διωκάθω γραψάμενοσ εἴθ’ ὅ τι σοι δοκεῖ. (Aristophanes, Clouds, Episode 1:4)
- δύναιτ’ ἂν ὀρθῶσ νέοσ ἀναγνοὺσ βίβλον ἢ σχολὴν περὶ πολιτείασ ἐν Λυκείῳ γραψάμενοσ, ἂν μὴ παρ’ ἡνίαν καὶ παρ’ οἰάκα πολλάκισ στάσ, δημαγωγῶν καὶ στρατηγῶν ἀγωνιζομένων ἐμπειρίαισ ἅμα καὶ τύχαισ συναποκλίνων ἐπ’ ἀμφότερα, μετὰ κινδύνων καὶ πραγμάτων λάβῃ τὴν μάθησιν; (Plutarch, An seni respublica gerenda sit, chapter, section 12 4:1)
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 )
