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γράμμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: γράμμα γράμματος

Structure: γραμματ (Stem)

Etym.: gra/fw

Sense

that which is written, that which is drawn, picture
letter
(in plural) alphabet
writing, book

Declension

Third declension

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	γράμμα	γράμματε	γράμματα
Genitive	γράμματος	γραμμάτοιν	γραμμάτων
Dative	γράμματι	γραμμάτοιν	γράμμασιν*
Accusative	γράμμα	γράμματε	γράμματα
Vocative	γράμμα	γράμματε	γράμματα

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 ἔγραψεν ἐπ̓ αὐτοῦ γράμματα ἐκτετυπωμένα σφραγῖδοσ Ἁγίασμα Κυρίῳ. (Septuagint, Liber Exodus 36:39)
καὶ ἐντομίδασ οὐ ποιήσετε ἐπὶ ψυχῇ ἐν τῷ σώματι ὑμῶν καὶ γράμματα στικτὰ οὐ ποιήσετε ἐν ὑμῖν. ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριοσ ὁ Θεὸσ ὑμῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Leviticus 19:28)
καὶ ἀνέβη ἐκεῖθεν Χάλεβ ἐπὶ τοὺσ κατοικοῦντασ Δαβίρ. τὸ δὲ ὄνομα Δαβὶρ ἦν τὸ πρότερον Πόλισ γραμμάτων. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:15)
καὶ εἶπε Χάλεβ. ὃσ ἐὰν λάβῃ καὶ ἐκκόψῃ τὴν Πόλιν τῶν γραμμάτων καὶ κυριεύσῃ αὐτῆσ, δώσω αὐτῷ τὴν Ἀσχὰν θυγατέρα μου εἰσ γυναῖκα. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:16)
καὶ Ρεννὰ καὶ Πόλισ γραμμάτων (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 15:49)
ὅταν ἐγερθῇ ὁ βασιλεύσ, δώσουσιν αὐτῷ τὸ γράμμα, καὶ ὃν ἂν κρίνῃ ὁ βασιλεὺσ καὶ οἱ τρεῖσ μεγιστᾶνεσ τῆσ Περσίδοσ ὅτι οὗ ὁ λόγοσ αὐτοῦ σοφώτεροσ, αὐτῷ δοθήσεται τὸ νῖκοσ καθὼσ γέγραπται. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:9)
καὶ ὅτε ἐξηγέρθη ὁ βασιλεύσ, λαβόντεσ τὸ γράμμα ἔδωκαν αὐτῷ, καὶ ἀνέγνω. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:13)
καὶ ἐξαποστείλασ ἐκάλεσε πάντασ τοὺσ μεγιστᾶνασ τῆσ Περσίδοσ καὶ τῆσ Μηδείασ καὶ τοὺσ σατράπασ καὶ στρατηγοὺσ καὶ τοπάρχασ καὶ ὑπάτουσ καὶ ἐκάθισεν ἐν τῷ χρηματιστηρίῳ, καὶ ἀνεγνώσθη τὸ γράμμα ἐνώπιον αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 3:14)
ὅτι δὲ ἀνεξίκακόν εἰμι γράμμα, μαρτυρεῖτέ μοι καὶ αὐτοὶ μηδέποτε ἐγκαλέσαντι τῷ Ζῆτα σμάραγδον ἀποσπάσαντι καὶ πᾶσαν ἀφελομένῳ Σμύρναν, μηδὲ τῷ Ξῖ πᾶσαν παραβάντι συνθήκην καὶ τὸν συγγραφέα τῶν τοιούτων ἔχοντι Θουκυδίδην σύμμαχον τῷ μὲν γὰρ γείτονί μου Ῥῶ νοσήσαντι συγγνώμη, καὶ παρ’ αὐτῷ φυτεύσαντί μου τὰσ μυρρίνασ καὶ παίσαντί μέ ποτε ὑπὸ μελαγχολίασ ἐπὶ κόρρησ. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 9:3)
νὴ Δί’, ὦ Λυκῖνε, γράμμα ἐστὶν τητινόν τι τῶν ἐμῶν κομιδῇ νεοχμόν. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 1:2)

Synonyms

that which is written
- ῥῦμα (that which is drawn)
letter
- πεῖ (pi, the letter π ‎, Π ‎)
- νῦ (The letter nu .)
- ξεῖ (xi, the name of the letter Ξ ‎, ξ ‎)
- ἐπένθεσις ( Insertion of a letter)
- ἐπιστολή (message, letter)
- γραμματηφόρος (a letter-carrier)
- δέλτα (delta, the letter Δ, δ)
- ζῆτα (zeta, the letter Ζ ‎/ζ ‎)
- ῥῶ (rho, the letter Ρ ‎, ρ ‎)
- βῆτα (beta, the letter Β ‎, β ‎)
- γάμμα (gamma, the letter Γ, γ)
alphabet
- ἀλφάβητος (alphabet)
writing
- βιβλίον (Any book or writing)
- βυβλίον (Any book or writing)
- βύβλος (book)
- χάρτης (book)
- γραφή (writing, a writing)
- σκάριφος (writing)

ἀρχαϊκός (old-fashioned)
γραμματεῖον (that on which one writes)
στίγμα (A mark from a pointed instrument)
βυβλίον (Strip of papyrus)
Ῥωμαιστί (in Latin)
διαχειροτονία (election)
δέλτος (a writing-tablet)
Ἄλφα (alpha)
γραμματιστής (one who teaches gra)
ἰαμβεῖος (iambic)
πινάκιον (a small tablet)
ἀναγινώσκω (post-classical spelling of ἀναγιγνώσκω ‎)
βιβλίον (Strip of papyrus)
γραπτέος (one must describe)
ἐγγράφω (to mark in or on)
πυξίον (a tablet of box-wood)
τηρητέος (one must watch)
ἀστρονομίᾱ (astronomy)
ταῦ (Tau)
δόγμα (that which seems to one)
πεντηκοστολόγος (a collector of the tax)
ἐκμαρτυρία (the deposition of a witness)
φράζω (I make known)
λυτέος (one must solve)
πρόγραμμα (a public proclamation or notice)
ὑπόμνημα (remembrance)
διασκευάζω (to get quite ready)
διάγραμμα (That which is marked out in lines)
ἀνάγνωσις (recognition)
χοροδιδάσκαλος (the person who trained the chorus)

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Sense

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that which is written

letter

alphabet

writing

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