γράμμα
Third declension Noun; Neuter
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
γράμμα
γράμματος
Structure:
γραμματ
(Stem)
Sense
- that which is written, that which is drawn, picture
- letter
- (in plural) alphabet
- writing, book
Declension
Third declension
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.
- τοῖσ γὰρ προπεπραγμένοισ ἀεί τι μεῖζον προστιθὲν ἄρδην με τῆσ οἰκείασ ἀποθλίψει χώρασ, ὡσ ὀλίγου δεῖν ἡσυχίαν ἀγαγόντα μηδὲ ἐν γράμμασιν ἀριθμεῖσθαι, ἐν ἴσῳ δὲ κεῖσθαι τοῦ ψόφου. (Lucian, Judicium vocalium, (no name) 2:3)
- ἔγνωκα οὖν τούσ τε βωμοὺσ λίθου λευκοῦ ἀναθεῖναι, καὶ τὰ ἐπιγράμματα ἐγχαράξαι εὐσήμοισ τοῖσ γράμμασιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 1 6:2)
- ἥντινα δὲ ὑπὲρ αὐτῶν τὴν γνώμην ἔσχον, ἐν τοῖσ Ῥωμαϊκοϊσ γράμμασιν γέγραπται. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 6 4:1)
- καὶ αὕτη παλαιὰ ἦν Ἑλλὰσ πόλισ Ιὠνική, Μιλησίων ἄποικοσ, καὶ μνήμη ἐστὶν αὐτῆσ ἐν πολλοῖσ γράμμασιν. (Arrian, Periplus Ponti Euxini, chapter 19 6:2)
- ῥυθμίζομεν οὖν τὰσ γνώμασ αὐτῶν νόμουσ τε τοὺσ κοινοὺσ ἐκδιδάσκοντεσ, οἳ δημοσίᾳ πᾶσι πρόκεινται ἀναγιγνώσκειν μεγάλοισ γράμμασιν ἀναγεγραμμένοι, κελεύοντεσ ἅ τε χρὴ ποιεῖν καὶ ὧν ἀπέχεσθαι, καὶ ἀγαθῶν ἀνδρῶν συνουσίαισ, παρ’ ὧν λέγειν τὰ δέοντα ἐκμανθάνουσι καὶ πράττειν τὰ δίκαια καὶ ἐκ τοῦ ἴσου ἀλλήλοισ συμπολιτεύεσθαι καὶ μὴ ἐφίεσθαι τῶν αἰσχρῶν καὶ ὀρέγεσθαι τῶν καλῶν, βίαιον δὲ μηδὲν ποιεῖν. (Lucian, Anacharsis, (no name) 22:1)
Synonyms
-
that which is written
-
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
-
writing
