γράφω
grapho
scratch, graze
Appears 264 times across Plato's dialogues.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
γράφω [ᾰ], fut. -ψω 1.95, etc.: aor. ἔγραψα, Ep. γράψα Il. 17.599: pf. γέγραφα 124, 5.26, etc.; later γεγράφηκα PHib. 1.78.2 (iii B. C.):—Med., fut. γράψομαι Pax 107, etc. (but in pass. sense, Protr. 13): aor. ἐγραψάμην V. 894, etc.:—Pass., fut. γρᾰφήσομαι Acut. 26, 1.39, (μετεγ-) Eq. 1370; more freq. γεγράψομαι OT 411, 18.47, etc.: aor. ἐγράφην [ᾰ], 4.91, Prm. 128c, etc.; ἐγράφθην SIG 57.5 (Milet., v B. C.), Fluit. 2.4: pf. γέγραμμαι (also in med. sense, v. fin.), 3sg. ἔγραπται C. 3.274; part. ἐγραμμένος or ἠγρ- SIG 9 (Elis, dub.), Leg.Gort. 1.45, al.; later γεγράφημαι 2.637: 3pl. γεγράφαται IG 12.57.10, Dor. γεγράβανται Schwyzer 90.12 (Argos): plpf. ἐγέγραπτο Mem. 1.2.64: 3pl. ἐγεγράφατο 56.32. Used by only in aor. Act.:—Α. scratch, graze, αἰχμὴ γράψεν οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις Il. 17.599; γράψας ἐν πίνακι πτυκτῷ θυμοφθόρα πολλά having marked or drawn signs thereon, 6.169: hence, later, represent by lines, draw, paint, 2.41, Eu. 50, R. 377e; γῆς περιόδους γ. draw maps, 4.36; γ. Ἔρωθʼ ὑπόπτερον 41.1; προσπεπατταλευμένον γ. τὸν Προμηθέα 535.2; ἀνδριάντα γ. R. 420c; ζῷα γ., = ζωγραφεῖν (q. v.), Grg. 453c: metaph., ὁπόσα τοὺς λειμῶνας αἱ ὧραι γράφουσι Im.Praef.:—Med., ζῷα γράφεσθαι 4.88:—Pass., εἰκὼν γεγραμμένη Ra. 537; πίνακες γεγραμμένοι τὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἔργα VA 2.20. 2. Math., describe a figure, Post. 3, al., Sph.Cyl. 1.23, al., 1.47. b. of a point or line in motion, generate a figure, Mech. 848b10, al.; τὸ σαμεῖον ἕλικα γράψει Sph.Cyl. 1, cf. Con. 1.2, Aut. 8.1. 3. brand, mark, C. 1.326:—Pass. in form γεγράφαται, ib.322. II. express by written characters, write, τι 1.125, etc.; γ. διαθήκην Lg. 923c, cf. Cyr. 4.5.34 (Pass.); γ. τινὶ ὅτι . . 7.14; γ. τινί, c. inf., SIG 552.13 (Abae, iii B. C.); γ. τι εἰς διφθέρας 5.58: prov., ὅρκους . . γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω Fr. 811, cf. 6; εἰς τέφραν γ. 7; εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐν ὕδατι, Mon. 25, Phdr. 276c; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνακι Criti. 120c; ἐν φλοιῷ 18.47; καθʼ ὕδατος Cat. 21; εἰς πέλαγος γράμματα γράψαι Epigr.Gr. 1038.8 (Attalia):—Pass., πόθι φρενὸς γέγραπται in what leaf of memory it is written, O. 10(11).3. 2. inscribe, γ. εἰς σκῦλα, εἰς στήλην, Ph. 574, 9.41:—Pass., γράφεσθαί τι to be inscribed with a thing, Tr. 157; ὧδε γέγραμμαι have my name inscribed, 12(7).3* (dub.); ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ γραφεὶς τὴν συμφοράν having it branded on his forehead, Lg. 854d; γεγραμμένα κωκύουσαν, of the hyacinth, 40. 3. write down, γ. τινὰ αἴτιον set him down as the cause, 7.214; γ. τι ἱερόν τινι register as . . , O. 3.30; in magic, invoke a curse upon, 14A 1; γ. τινὰ κληρονόμον, ἐπίτροπον, institute by a written document, Lg. 923c, 924a; register, enrol, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθυμούντων Cyr. 4.3.21; οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, as a dependent of Cr., OT 411. 4. γ. τινί write a letter to one, γ. σοὶ ἵνα εἰδῇς PGrenf. 1.11 ii 21 (ii B. C.), etc.; εἴς τινα Syr.D. 23. 5. γ. περί τίνος write on a subject, Cyn. 13.2, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος 1.1.4, etc.; εἴς τινα against . . , 4.3; πρός τινα address a work to . . , 1.3; describe, οἱ ὑφʼ ἡμῶν γραφόμενοι καιροί 2.56.4; esp. of Prose, opp. ποιεῖν, 2.48: c. dupl. acc., τί . . γράψειειν ἄν σε μουσοποιὸς ἐν τάφῳ ; Tr. 1189. 6. write down a law to be proposed: hence, propose, move, γνώμην, νόμον, ψήφισμα, etc., HG 1.7.34, Nu. 1429, etc.: abs. (sc. νόμον), 18.179; γ. καὶ νομοθετεῖν περί τινος 24.48; γ. πόλεμον, εἰρήνην, 10.55, 19.55: c. inf., σὺ γράφεις ταῦτʼ εἶναι στρατιωτικά 1.19; ἔγραψα . . ἀποπλεῖν . . τοὺς πρέσβεις 18.25; enact, νόμοι οὓς τὸ πλῆθος συνελθὸν ἔγραψε Mem. 1.2.42:—Pass., παρὰ τὰ γραφέντα δρᾶν Plt. 295d; τὸ γεγραμμένον ὑπὸ σοῦ ψήφισμα 1.70. 7. prescribe, ordain, πότμος ἔγραψε N. 6.7. 8. ὁ γράφων τὸν Ὀξυρυγχίτην (sc. νομόν) the secretary for the nome of Oxyrhynchus, POxy. 239.1 (i A. D.); τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ γράφοντι τὸν νομόν PFlor. 358.5 (ii A. D.). B. Med., write for oneself or for oneʼs own use, note down, 2.82, IG 12.57.39, etc.; γ. τι ἐν φρεσίν Ch. 450 (lyr.); φρενῶν ἔσω Ph. 1325; ἐγραψάμην ὑπομνήματα I wrote me down some memoranda, Tht. 143a; cause to be written, συγγραφήν 56.6, etc.; γ. πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν petition for a hearing before the Council, 24.48. 2. enrol oneself, γράψασθαι φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας IG 12.374.16, ib.2.115b21: abs., of colonists, Lg. 850b; but also (cf. A.II.3), ἕνα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐμὲ γράφου enrol me as one of your disciples, Cra. 428b. 3. as law-term, γ. τινά to indict one, τινός for some public offence, e.g. τῆς αἰσχροκερδείας, Lg. 754e; γ. [τινὰ] παρανόμων 18.13; in full, γραφὴν γράψασθαί τινα Nu. 1482 (but in Pass., εἴ σοι γράφοιτο δίκη ib.758); γράψασθαι δίκας SIG 344.38 (Teos): c. acc. et inf., γ. τινὰ ἀδικεῖν V. 894, cf. Pax 107: abs., οἱ γραψάμενοι the prosecutors, V. 881; ἑτέροις οὐκ ἦν γράψασθαι 1.75; also γράφεσθαί τι indict an act, i. e. the doer of it, as criminal, ἐγράψατο τὴν Χαβρίου δωρειάν he brought a γραφὴ παρανόμων against the person who proposed the grant to Chabrias, 20.146, cf. 95; τὸ χάριν τούτων ἀποδοῦναι παρανόμων γράφει (2sg.) 18.119. b. Pass., to be indicted, γραφεὶς ἀπέφυγον 18.103; τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων was indicted as illegal, 3.62; ψηφίσματα ὑπὸ τούτου οὐδὲ γραφέντα not even indicted, 18.222 (but in 18.28, εἰ μὴ τοῦτʼ ἐγράφη if this decree had not been proposed, as Pass. of A. II.6); τὰ γεγραμμένα the articles of the indictment, 18.56; τὸ γεγραμμένον the penalty named in the indictment, 24.83:—but γέγραμμαι usu. takes the sense of the Med., indict, 18.59, 119, cf. Euthphr. 2b, Tht. 210d.
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