γραφικός
graphikos
capable of drawing
Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γραφικός, ή, όν, A. capable of drawing or painting, Tht. 144e, VH 14.37: Comp., a better judge of painting, ib.2.3: -κή (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the art of painting, Grg. 450c, etc. 2. of things, as if painted, Ἔρωτες Ant. 26 (so Adv. -κῶς ibid., 2.747c, Im. 15); picturesque, πρόσοψις 2.53. II. of or for writing, suited for writing: -κή, ἡ, the art of writing, VM 20; γ. λέξις, opp. ἀγωνιστική, Rh. 1413b8; δύναμις Soph. 29; γ. ῥέεθρον, i.e. ink, AP 6.63 (); κάλαμος Gp. 10.75.8, PGrenf. 2.38.7 (i A. D.); μέλαν 6.565; in writing, γ. ἁμάρτημα a clerical error, 34.3.11. 2. skilled in writing, Epict. 2.18.2; shorthand writer, 14.1528. 3. able to describe, 2.874b, Alex. 3; of style, graphic, lively, Amm. 1.4; ὑπόθεσις γ. a subject for description, Alex. 17.
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