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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γράφω (gráphō) + -ίς (-ís)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡra.pʰís/ → /ɣraˈɸis/ → /ɣraˈfis/
Noun
γρᾰφίς • (graphís) f (genitive γρᾰφίδος); third declension
- stilus
- paintbrush
- graving tool
- embroidery needle
- embroidery
- (in the plural) paintings
- (Byzantine) inscription plate
Declension
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- γραφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γραφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- γραφίς 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
- “γραφίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γραφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- pen idem, page 602.
- quill idem, page 667.
Greek
Noun
γραφίς • (grafís) f (plural γραφίδες)
- Katharevousa form of γραφίδα (grafída, “pen, stylus”)
- see: γραφή f (grafí, “writing”)