Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

γραπτέος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: γραπτέος γραπτέα γραπτέον

Structure: γραπτε (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gra/fw의 분사형

Sense

  1. one must describe
  2. to be described

Examples

  • μετὰ δὲ ταύτην ἡ τῆσ σοφίασ καὶ συνέσεωσ εἰκὼν γραπτέα. (Lucian, Imagines, (no name) 17:1)
  • εἰ δέ μοι ἐφαίνετο γραπτέα θ’ ἱκανῶσ εἶναι πρὸσ τοὺσ πολλοὺσ καὶ ῥητά, τί τούτου κάλλιον ἐπέπρακτ’ ἂν ἡμῖν ἐν τῷ βίῳ ἢ τοῖσ τε ἀνθρώποισι μέγα ὄφελοσ γράψαι καὶ τὴν φύσιν εἰσ φῶσ πᾶσιν προαγαγεῖν; (Plato, Epistles, Letter 7 117:3)

Synonyms

  1. one must describe

  2. to be described

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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