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γρᾰφ-ή, ἡ,
representation by means of lines: hence,
__I drawing, delineation, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 4.36 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ γραφήν in outline, conjecture in [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 193a ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; also of painting, γραφῇ κοσμέειν [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.24; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη [prev. author] 2.182 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; the art of drawing or painting, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Politicus” 277c, “Ti.” 19b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.2 that which is drawn or painted, drawing, picture, ὅσον γραφῇ only in a picture, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.73; πρέπουσά θ᾽ ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 242 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν[[ [prev. work] 1329; μήτε ἄγαλμα μήτε γ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1336b15 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also of embroidery, [[ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 232; γραφαὶ ἀπὸ κερκίδος 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.5. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 γ. παρειῶν painting, rouging the cheeks, [[ [prev. author] “Ep.” 22. ] Refs]
__II writing or the art of writing, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 274b, etc.: _plural_, αἱ γ. τῶν δικῶν] Refs 5th c.BC+] the registration of.., [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1321b36; γραφαὶ περὶ συμμαχίας, of treaties, [prev. work] 1280a40. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
Close Browse lexicon entries __II.2 that which is written, writing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 683, 5th c.BC: Agatho Tragicus 4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: hence, of various written documents, letter, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.129 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: also in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Iphigenia Taurica” 735 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψευδεῖς γ. spurious documents, cited in [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.55 (but in 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hippolytus” 1311 ] Refs 5th c.BC+] false statements); of published writings, τῶν φιλοσόφων [[ 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.73 W., compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Oratoribus Veteribus” 4 ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ γ. in the first book, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Nat.Herc.” 1431.16] Refs 4th c.BC+]; written law, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 934c ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; contract, [[ PAmh. 2.43.13 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]: plural, copies of judgements delivered in court, [[ “IG” 12(2).526d8 (from Eresos). ] Refs]
__II.2.b catalogue, list, return, ἱερῶν [[ “PTeb.” 88.2 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; τοῦ κατ᾽ ἄνδρα [[ “OGI” 179.21 (Egypt, 1st c.BC)] Refs 1st c.BC+]; τὰς κατ᾽ ἄνδρα γραφάς [[ “PTeb.” 27.7 (2nd c.BC)] Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.; price-list, [[ 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 1.91. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.2.c inscription, [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.134, “IG” 12(5).679 (from Syros), “epigram Gr.” 347 (from Cios), 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 37.21. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2.d MS. reading, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 1.2.25, 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 15.430, 3rd c.AD: Alexander Aphrodisiensis Philosophus “in librum de sensu commentarium - pars” 9.29, 5th c.AD: Hermias Alexandrinus Philosophus “in Platonis Phaedrum scholia” p.154A., etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II.3 the Holy Scripture,[[ Aristeas 155, NT.2Pet.1.20: _plural_, 1st c.AD: Philo Judaeus 1.18, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “contra Apionem” 2.4, NT.Matt.21.42, +others] NT+1st c.AD+]: also in singular, of a particular passage, [[ NT.Act.8.32, +others ] NT]
__II.4 γ. φαρμάκου medical prescription, [[ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.293, 13.638, 15.918. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__II.5 record-office, archive, [[ Inscriptiones Graecae 11(2).203 B 101 (Delos, 3rd c.BC). ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__III (γράφομαι) as law-term,
__III.1 bill of indictment in a public prosecution, λέγε, τὴν γ. αὐτὴν λαβών [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.53. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__III.2 criminal prosecution in the interest of the state [[compare (2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 8.41), γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίας ἰδίαν φεύξεται [prev. author] 21.32, compare 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 1.44, 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.28, etc.; γραφὴν γράφεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 929e, etc.; γρ. γ. τινά [prev. author] “Euthphr.” 2b, etc.; γ. ἀπενεγκεῖν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.217; γραφήν τινος διώκειν τινά 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.293; πολλὰς γ. διώξας οὐδεμίαν εἷλεν 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.1.5; γραφὴν ἁλῶναι [prev. author] 2.2.9 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; γ. κατασκευάζειν κατά τινος, ἐπί τινα, [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.103, 22.2 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; γ. εἰσέρχεσθαι, εἰσιέναι, appear before the court in a public prosecution, either as prosecutor or prosecuted, [[ [prev. author] 18.105. ] Refs]
__III.3 generally, an ordinary public action, opposed to to special forms (such as εἰσαγγελία, εὔθυναι, etc.), γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας, πάντα ταῦτ᾽ ἐπαγόντων μοι [[ 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.249, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Atheniensium” 3.2, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.12. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
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