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|Definition=ἡ, ([[γράφω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[stroke]] or [[line]] of a [[pen]], [[line]], as in [[mathematical]] [[figure]]s, γραμμῆς λόγος ὁ τῶν δύο Pythagorei ap.[[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Metaphysics|Metaph.]]'' 1036b12, cf. Pl.''Men.''82c, ''R.''509d, etc.; [[περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν]] = [[on incommensurable lines]], [[περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν καὶ ναστῶν]] = [[on incommensurable lines and solids]] title of work by Democritus, [[περὶ ἀτόμων γραμμῶν]] = [[οn indivisible lines]], [[de lineis insecabilibus]], title of work ascribed to Arist.: hence [[γραμμαί]], αἱ, [[astronomy]], AP9.344 (Leon.); also in forming letters, [[line]] traced by teacher, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Protagoras|Prt.]]'' 326d; [[outline]], opp. [[σκιά]], Metop. ap. Stob.3.1.116, cf. Plb.2.14.8; ἡ ἐκτὸς γ. Hero ''Aut.''27.2.<br><span class="bld">II</span> = [[βαλβίς]], [[line across the course]], [[starting-point]] or [[winning-point]], Pi.''P.''9.118, cf. [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[Acharnians|Ach.]]''483; εὐθὺς ἀπὸ γ. Lib.''Or.''59.13: metaph. of [[life]], πέλας γραμμῆς ἱκέσθαι E.''El.''956; ἐπ' ἄκραν ἥκομεν γ. κακῶν Id.''Fr.''169; ἡ ἐσχάτη τοῦ βίου γ. D.S.17.118: hence, [[boundary-line]], [[edge]], dub. l. in Hp.''Art.''80; [[cutting edge]] of a [[knife]], Gal.2.673.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[line]] or [[square on a chequer-board]]: hence [[proverb|prov.]], [[τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινεῖν λίθον]] = to [[move a piece from this line]], i.e. [[try one's last chance]], [[make a last ditch effort]] Theoc. 6.18 (usu. called ἡ [[ἱερά]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γραμμή]]), cf. [[ἱερός]]) [[αἱ γραμμαί]] = the [[board]] itself, Poll.9.99.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[διὰ γραμμῆς παίζειν]] = to [[play at tug-of-war]] ([[διελκυστίνδα]]), Pl.Com.153.1, Pl.''Tht.''181a.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἡ μακρά]] (''[[sc.]]'' [[γραμμή]]), v. [[τιμάω]] III.1.<br><span class="bld">V</span> Medic., [[linea alba]], Gal.2.514.<br><span class="bld">2</span> = [[ζέα]], ''Hippiatr.''1.