γραφίς
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- γροφῐ́ς (grophĭ́s) — Doric
Etymology
From γρᾰ́φω (grắphō) + -ῐ́ς (-ĭ́s)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡra.pʰís/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡraˈpʰis/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣraˈɸis/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣraˈfis/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣraˈfis/
Noun
γρᾰφῐ́ς • (grăphĭ́s) f (genitive γρᾰφῐ́δος); third declension
- stilus
- paintbrush
- graving tool
- embroidery needle
- embroidery
- (in the plural) paintings
- (Byzantine) inscription plate
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ἡ γρᾰφῐ́ς hē grăphĭ́s |
τὼ γρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ grăphĭ́de |
αἱ γρᾰφῐ́δες hai grăphĭ́des | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τῆς γρᾰφῐ́δος tês grăphĭ́dos |
τοῖν γρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn grăphĭ́doin |
τῶν γρᾰφῐ́δων tôn grăphĭ́dōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῇ γρᾰφῐ́δῐ tēî grăphĭ́dĭ |
τοῖν γρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn grăphĭ́doin |
ταῖς γρᾰφῐ́σῐ / γρᾰφῐ́σῐν taîs grăphĭ́sĭ(n) | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὴν γρᾰφῐ́δᾰ tḕn grăphĭ́dă |
τὼ γρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ grăphĭ́de |
τᾱ̀ς γρᾰφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s grăphĭ́dăs | ||||||||||
| Vocative | γρᾰφῐ́ grăphĭ́ |
γρᾰφῐ́δε grăphĭ́de |
γρᾰφῐ́δες grăphĭ́des | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- γρᾰφῐ́δῐον (grăphĭ́dĭon)
- ῠ̔πογρᾰφῐ́ς (hŭpogrăphĭ́s)
Descendants
- Greek: γραφίδα (grafída)
Further reading
- γραφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- γραφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2026)
- γραφίς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007), Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- γραφίς, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “γραφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Noun
γραφίς • (grafís) f (plural γραφίδες)
- Katharevousa form of γραφίδα (grafída, “pen, stylus”)
Related terms
- see: γραφή f (grafí, “writing”)