συγγραφή

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A writing or noting down, Hdt.1.93; ἔχει συγγραφήν affords material for writing, Aristid. Or.47(23).3.    II that which is written, writing, book, esp. in prose: history, narrative, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ξ. Th.1.97, cf. Arr.An.6.16.5, Paus.10.19.5, etc.    2 draft decree drawn up by the συγγραφῆς (cf. συγγραφεύς 11), IG12.76.47; also written contract, covenant, bond, Hp.Jusj., Th.5.35, Pl.Lg.953e, IG12(7).67 B76, al. (Amorgos, iv/iii B.C.), PCair.Zen.265.5, 666.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; σ. ναυτικαί bond to secure money lent on bottomry, D.35.27, cf. 32.1,5; so in sg., Id.34.6, 35.1; κατὰ τὰς σ. according to the bond or covenant, Lys.30.17; ἀνδριάντ' ἐκδεδωκὼς κατὰ σ. having contracted for its execution, D.18.122; an architect's specifications, IG22.1665.2, 1668.2(both pl.), 1678.16 (sg.); μὴ κατὰ συγγραφάς Aeschin.1.160; ἐπειδὰν δοκιμασθῇ [τὸ ἔργον] κατὰ τὴν σ. ταύτην Inscr.Délos 502 A 15 (iii B.C.); συγγραφὰς ἔχειν παρ' ἑτέρων to have entered into contracts with others for the execution of paintings, And.4.17; σ. γαμική, μισθώσεως, etc., POxy.1034.6 (ii A.D.), PEnteux.54.3 (iii B.C.), etc.    III a mark in the eye, σ. ὕφαιμος, as definition of αἱμάλωψ, Erot. s.v. οὔρει αἱμαλῶδες.