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Ancient Greek
Etymology
ζωός (zōós, “alive”, “living”) or ζωή (zōḗ, “living”, “life”) + -γρᾰ́φος (-gráphos, “drawer”, “painter”, “writer”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zdɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /zoˈɣra.ɸos/ → /zoˈɣra.fos/
Noun
ζωγρᾰ́φος • (zōgráphos) m (genitive ζωγρᾰ́φου); second declension
- one who paints from life or from nature
- in metaphorical use
- (generally) a painter
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References
- “ζώγρᾰφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζωγράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζωγράφος 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.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰ́φος (zōgráphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zoˈɣɾa.fos/
- Hyphenation: ζω‧γρά‧φος
Noun
ζωγράφος • (zográfos) m or f (plural ζωγράφοι)
- (art) painter, artist
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