γραμμή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γρᾰ́φω (gráphō).

Pronunciation

Noun

γρᾰμμή • (grammḗ) f (genitive γρᾰμμῆς); first declension

1. a stroke or line of a pen
   1. (in forming letters) a line traced by a teacher
   2. an outline
2. (geometry) a line as in mathematical figures
   • 350 BCE – 250 BCE, Euclid, Elements 1:

     γραμμὴ δὲ μῆκος ἀπλατές.

     grammḕ dè mêkos aplatés.

     And a line a breadthless length.

3. a line across the course, a starting- or winning-point
   1. used metaphorically of life
   2. a boundary-line, an edge
   3. the cutting edge of a knife
4. a line or square on a chequer-board
5. (law) the “long line”, i.e. a death sentence
6. (medicine) linea alba
   1. Synonym of ζέα
      • Hippiatr. 1

Declension

Synonyms

• (line across the course, starting- or winning-point): βαλβίς (balbís)
• (“long line”, death sentence): μακρά (makrá)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “outline”): σκιά (skiá)

Derived terms

• γρᾰμμαί (grammaí)
• γρᾰμμῐκός (grammikós)
• διὰ γραμμῆς παίζω (dià grammês paízō)
• τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινέω λίθον (tòn apò grammâs kinéō líthon)

Descendants

• Greek: γραμμή (grammí)

References

• “γραμμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “γραμμή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• γραμμή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γραμμή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• γραμμή in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • goal idem, page 365.
  • line idem, page 492.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek γρᾰμμή (grammḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣɾaˈmi/
• Hyphenation: γραμ‧μή

Noun

γραμμή • (grammí) f (plural γραμμές)

1. line

   γραμμή τερματισμού ― grammí termatismoú ― finishing line

2. row
3. policy, orders

Declension

Adverb

γραμμή • (grammí)

1. straight, directly
2. successively, consecutively

Related terms

• γραμμικά (grammiká)
• γραμμικός (grammikós)
• γραμμούλα (grammoúla)
• γραμμωτός (grammotós)
• στην πρώτη γραμμή (stin próti grammí, “frontline”)
• σε γενικές γραμμές (se genikés grammés, “generally speaking”)