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|Definition=ατος, τό, Dor. γράθμα, prob. in <span class="title">IG</span>4.506 (Heraeum, vi/v B. C.), cf. <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>1.102, but γράσσμα, <span class="title">IG</span>4.554 (Argos, v B. C.): late Aeol. pl. γρόππατα, <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>990.11 (Balbilla): (γράφω):— <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which is drawn]]: pl., [[lines of a drawing]], [[picture]], etc., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>1146</span> (of tapestry), <span class="bibl">Theoc.15.81</span>; [[picture]], Ἀπέλλεω γ. <span class="bibl">Herod.4.73</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span> 6.352 (Erinna): sg., [[drawing]], [[picture]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>472d</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cra.</span>430e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">431c</span>: pl., [[figures]] in a picture, <span class="bibl">Procop.Gaz.<span class="title">Ecphr.</span>p.157B.</span> </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[written character]], [[letter]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.139</span>, <span class="bibl">148</span>, etc.: in pl., [[letters]], [[characters]], γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>460</span>; πηλίκοις γ. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Gal.</span>6.11</span>; [[the letters]], [[the alphabet]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.58</span>; τὰ γ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Cra.</span>390e</span>; γ. Φοινίκια <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>514</span>; [[Ἀσσύρια]], [[Ἑλληνικά]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.87</span>; γράμματα ἐπίστασθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>689d</span>; [[μαθεῖν]] to have learnt [[to read]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Prt.</span> 325e</span>; γ. μὴ εἰδέναι <span class="title">SIG</span>2844.6; <b class="b3">ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ' ἐφοίτων</b> you [[kept school]]—I went there, <span class="bibl">D.18.265</span>; ἤτοι τέθνηκεν ἢ διδάσκει γ. <span class="title">Com.Adesp.</span>20; παιδεύειν γράμματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1337b24</span>; <b class="b3">τέχνη ἡμῶν γ</b>. our profession is that of the [[scribe]], PTeb.316.16 (i A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[articulate sound]], [[letter]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phlb.</span>18c</span>; τὰ γ. πάθη ἐστὶ τῆς φωνῆς <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>895a12</span>; <b class="b3">γράμματα φθέγγεσθαι</b> ib.<span class="bibl">8</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PA</span>660a5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> <b class="b3">παρὰ γράμμα λέγοντα… σκοπεῖν</b> [[etymologically]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">MM</span>1185b39</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ παρὰ γ. σκώμματα</b> puns, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1412a28</span>; but <b class="b3">ἀρετὴν παρὰ γ. διώκοντες</b>, with ref. to [[Νικαρέτη]], the mistress of Stilpo, Crates Theb.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> [[inscription]], τὸ Δελφικὸν γ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>229e</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Chrm.</span>164d</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.24</span>, etc., <span class="title">IG</span> 2.2876, al.: [[proverb|prov.]], εἰς πέλαγος… γράμματα γράψαι <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>1038.8 (Attalia). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> in pl., [[notes]] in music, <span class="title">AP</span>11.78 (Lucill.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> mathematical [[diagram]], Epigr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.L.8.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[letter]] inscribed on the lots which the [[δικασταί]] drew, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Pl.</span>277</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Ath.</span>64.4</span>; practically, = [[division]] of dicasts, ἐν ὁποίῳ γ. δειπνεῖ <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>683</span>; <b class="b3">ἁ κατὰ γράμμα φυλακά</b> the [[roster]] of guards, <span class="title">SIG</span>569.21 (Cos, iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[quarters]] of a town, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRein.</span>49.2</span>; [[accent]], EM240.42, Zonar. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> a small weight, ''1''/<span class="bibl">24</span> [[ounce]], [[scruple]], Androm. ap. Gal.13.114, <span class="title">Gp.</span>7.13.2, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>62 ii 27</span> (iv A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in pl., [[set of written characters]], [[piece of writing]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.124</span>: hence, [[letter]], <span class="bibl">Id.5.14</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.103.8, etc.; γραμμάτων πτυχαί <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>144</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>594</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ep.</span>347c</span>; [[inscription]], [[epitaph]], etc., ἐκόλαψε ἐς τὸν τάφον γράμματα λέγοντα τάδε <span class="bibl">Hdt. 1.187</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">4.91</span>, <span class="bibl">And.3.12</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.18.47</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>3.751. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[papers]], [[documents]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.30</span>, <span class="bibl">D.36.21</span>, etc. (sg., <span class="bibl">D.Chr.65.14</span>); <b class="b3">τούτων τὰ γ</b>. the [[documents to prove]] this, <span class="bibl">Lys.32.14</span>; τὰ γ. τῆς δίκης <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>772</span>; <b class="b3">τὰ δημόσια γ</b>. the public [[records]], Decr. ap. <span class="bibl">D.18.55</span>; [[title-deeds]], <span class="bibl">D.C.65.14</span>; [[account]] of loans, <span class="bibl">D.49.59</span>; ἐπικαρπίαν ἐν γράμμασιν ἀποφέρειν <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Lg.</span>955d</span>; [[contract]] or [[estimate]], <span class="title">BCH</span>46.323 (Teos); [[catalogue]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.4.12</span>: in sg., <b class="b2">bond, Ev. Luc</b>.<span class="bibl">16.7</span>; [[note of hand]], <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">AJ</span>18.6.3</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> a man's [[writings]], i.e. [[book]], [[treatise]], τὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος γ. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prm.</span>127c</span> (but sg., ib.<span class="bibl">128a</span>): pl., [[books]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>4.2.1</span>; Πλάτωνος τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς γ. <span class="bibl">Call.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>25</span>, cf. <span class="title">AP</span>9.63 (Asclep.), Gal.18(2).928; <b class="b3">τὰ ἱερὰ γ</b>. the Holy <span class="title">Scriptures</span>, <span class="title">OGI</span>56.36 (iii B. C.), <span class="bibl">Ph.2.574</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Ti.</span>3.15</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>1.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἱερὰ γ</b>., = Imperial [[rescripts]], IG12(5).132 (Paros, iii A. D.); = [[hieroglyphics]], <span class="title">OGI</span>90.54 (Rosetta, ii B. C.): in sg., the <span class="title">Law</span> of Moses, <span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>2.27, al.; opp. [[πνεῦμα]], ib.29: sg., [[article]] of a treaty, <span class="bibl">Th. 5.29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[laws]] or [[rules]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>425b</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Plt.</span>292a</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>1050</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ γράμματα ἄρχειν</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ἄνευ γραμμάτων</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>293a</span>; ἡ κατὰ γ. καὶ νόμους πολιτεία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1286a15</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">1272a38</span>: <b class="b3">οἱ κατὰ γ. νόμοι</b>, opp. <b class="b3">οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθη</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1287b5</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>299d</span>; κατὰ γράμματα ἰατρεύεσθαι <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1287a34</span>; <b class="b3">ἡ ἐκ τῶν γ. θεραπεία</b> ib.<span class="bibl">40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> in pl., also, [[letters]], [[learning]], ἀπείρους γραμμάτων <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ap.</span>26d</span>, etc.</span>

|mdlsjtxt=[[γράφω]]<br /><b class="num">I.</b> that [[which]] is [[drawn]], in pl. the lines of a [[drawing]] or [[picture]], Eur., Theocr.: in sg. a [[drawing]], [[picture]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> that [[which]] is written, a written [[character]], [[letter]], Lat. [[litera]], Hdt., etc.; and in pl. letters, Aesch.; [[hence]], the [[alphabet]], Hdt., Plat.; γρ. to [[have]] learnt to [[read]], Plat.; ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ' ἐφοίτων you kept [[school]], — I went [[there]], Dem.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> a [[note]] in [[music]], Anth.<br /><b class="num">III.</b> in pl. also, a [[piece]] of [[writing]], and, like Lat. literae, a [[letter]], Hdt., Eur.: an [[inscription]], [[epitaph]], Hdt.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> papers or documents of any [[kind]], records, accounts, Ar., Oratt.:—in sg. a [[bill]], [[account]], NTest.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> a man's writings, i. e. a [[book]], [[treatise]], Xen.:—also, letters, [[learning]], Plat.