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ἐγγράφω

eggrapho

make incisions into

Appears 3 times across Aristotle's works.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ἐγγράφω, A. make incisions into, τὸ στέλεχος Thphr. HP 5.1.2. 2. mark in or on, paint on, ζῷα ἐς τὴν ἐσθῆτα ἐ. Hdt. 1.203; opp. ἐξαλείφω, Pl. R. 501b. 3. engrave, inscribe, ἐν τῇσι στήλῃσι Hdt. 2.102, cf. 4.91; νόμους Lys. 30.2 (of codifiers, opp. ἐξαλείφω): —Med., ἢν ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν A. Pr. 789:— Pass., to be written in, ἐνεγέγραπτο δὲ τάδε ἐν αὐτῇ (sc. τῇ ἐπιστολῇ) Th. 1.128; αὑτὸν εὗρεν ἐγγεγραμμένον κτείνειν found his name entered in the letter for execution, ib. 132; δέλτον ἐγγεγραμμένην συνθήμαθʼ S. Tr. 157. 4. metaph., εἰ μέλλουσι τοιαῦται διάνοιαι ἐγγραφήσεσθαι ἀνθρώποις X. Cyr. 3.3.52. 5. Geom., inscribe a figure in another, εἰς . . Euc. 4.4, al.; ἐν . . Archim. Sph. Cyl. 1.13, al. (Pass.). 6. Medic., include in a prescription, οἶνος ἐγγεγράφθω Aret. CD 1.2. II. enter in the public register, esp. of oneʼs deme or phratria, ἐς τὰ κοινὰ γραμματεῖα Is. 7.1; ἐγγράψαι τὸν υἱὸν εἰς ἄνδρας D. 19.230; εἰς τοὺς φράτερας Id. 39.4; ἐ. εἰς τοὺς ἀτίμους Plu. Them. 6; also ἱερὰν ἐ. τὴν οὐσίαν Alex. 276:—Pass., εἰς τοὺς δημότας ἐγγραφῆναι D. 18.261; Μαντίθεος ἐνεγεγράμμην by the name of M., Id. 39.4; τοὺς μήπω διʼ ἡλικίαν ἐγγεγραμμένους Arist. Pol. 1275a15; πρὶν ἐγγραφῆναι καὶ λαβεῖν τὸ χλαμύδιον Antid. 2; εἰς τοὺς ἐφήβους Pl. Ax. 366e. (A. Ch. 699 is corrupt.) 2. indict, Ar. Pax 1180, D. 37.24:—Pass., ἐγγράφεσθαι λιποταξίου to be indicted for desertion, Aeschin. 2.148. 3. of statedebtors, enter their names, ἐγγραφόντων οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῖς πράκτορσιν Lex ap. D. 43.71; ἐγγεγραμμένος [ἐν ἀκροπόλει] registered among the state-debtors, D. 25.4, cf. Arist. Ath. 48.1; also of ἄτιμοι, Pl. Lg. 784d. (Perh. written ἐκγρ-, SIG 742.29.)

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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