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γραφικός

graphikos

capable of drawing

Appears 22 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

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