παραγράφω

From παρα- (para-, “beside”) +‎ γράφω (gráphō, “write”).

πᾰραγράφω • (paragráphō)

1. to write in addition
2. (law) to add a clause to a law or contract

• παραγράφω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “παραγράφω”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “παραγράφω”, 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.
  • write idem, page 993.

• IPA^(key): /pa.ɾaˈɣɾa.fo/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρα‧γρά‧φω

Learned, from Hellenistic Koine Greek παραγράφω (“change an entry”). Morphologically, from παρα- (“beside”) +‎ γράφω (“write”).

παραγράφω • (paragráfo) (past παρέγραψα, passive παραγράφομαι)

1. (law) to erase, strike out

• απαράγραπτος (aparágraptos)
• παραγραφή f (paragrafí, “striking out”) (law)
• παράγραφος f (parágrafos, “paragraph”)

participles: (law)

• παραγραμμένος (paragramménos, “which has been struck out”, of passive perfect) (colloquial) and see Etymology 2
• παραγεγραμμένος (paragegramménos, “which has been struck out”, of passive perfect) (formal with reduplication)
• παραγραφείς (paragrafeís, “which was struck out”, of passive past) (very formal)

  feminine: παραγραφείσα (paragrafeísa) (Polytonic spelling: παραγραφεῖσα), neuter: παραγραφέν (paragrafén)

From παρα- (“in excess”) +‎ γράφω (“write”).

παραγράφω • (paragráfo) (past παράγραψα/παραέγραψα, passive παραγράφομαι)

1. to write too much
2. to write for too long (expresses fatigue)
3. to exaggerate, overstate when writing

• παραγραμμένος (paragramménos, “written in too many words; exaggerated”, participle) and see Etymology 1