write

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

verb transitive

P. and V. γράφειν.

write books, etc.: see compose.

give an account of in writing: P. συγγράφειν (acc.).

write poetry: Ar. and P. ποιεῖν.

inscribe: Ar. and P. ἐπιγράφειν, P. ἀναγράφειν.

write down: Ar. and P. συγγράφειν, P. and V. γράφειν.

they wrote him down enemy of theirs and their allies: P. ἐχθρὸν αὑτῶν ἀνέγραψαν καὶ τῶν συμμάχων αὐτόν (Dem. 122).

write in addition: Ar. and P. παραγράφειν, P. προσγράφειν, προσπαραγράφειν.

write in answer: see answer.

Write in or on: P. and V. ἐγγράφειν.

which (wanderings) you must write on the recording tablets of your mind: V. ἣν (πλάνη) ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν (Aesch., Prometheus Vinctus 789; cp. Soph., Philoctetes 1325).

a tablet with signs written upon it: V. δέλτος ἐγγεγραμμένη συνθήματα (Soph., Trachiniae 157).

write underneath: P. ὑπογράφειν (τί τινι).