συγγραφεύς

syggrapheus

one who collects and writes down historic facts, historian

Appears 5 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Phaedrus 5
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235c4
235e5
278e2
258a6
272b2

Dictionary (LSJ)

συγγραφεύς, έως, ὁ, A. one who collects and writes down historic facts, historian, X. HG 7.2.1, D.H. Th. 5: then, generally, prose-writer, opp. poet, Pl. Phdr. 235c; λόγων ib.278e, Isoc. 15.35; and, simply, writer, author, Ar. Ach. 1150, Pl. Phdr. 272b, Phld. Mus. p.68K., Gal. 15.593, al. II. συγγραφῆς, οἱ, commissioners appointed to draw up measures, Th. 8.67, IG 12.22.3, al., Philoch. 122, Isoc. 7.58. III. party to a contract, BGU 636.23 (i A.D.).

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