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|Definition=ἡ, ([[γράφω]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[stroke]] or [[line]] of a [[pen]], [[line]], as in [[mathematical]] [[figure]]s, γραμμῆς λόγος ὁ τῶν δύο Pythagorei ap.<span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">Metaph.</span> 1036b12</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Men.</span>82c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>509d</span>, 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, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Prt.</span>326d</span>; [[outline]], opp. [[σκιά]], Metop. ap. Stob.3.1.116, cf. <span class="bibl">Plb.2.14.8</span>; ἡ ἐκτὸς γ. <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Aut.</span>27.2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> = [[βαλβίς]], [[line across the course]], [[starting-point]] or [[winning-point]], <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>9.118</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ach.</span>483</span>; εὐθὺς ἀπὸ γ. <span class="bibl">Lib.<span class="title">Or.</span>59.13</span>: metaph. of [[life]], πέλας γραμμῆς ἱκέσθαι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">El.</span>956</span>; ἐπ' ἄκραν ἥκομεν γ. κακῶν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>169</span>; ἡ ἐσχάτη τοῦ βίου γ. <span class="bibl">D.S.17.118</span>: hence, [[boundary-line]], [[edge]], dub. l. in <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>80</span>; [[cutting edge]] of a [[knife]], Gal.2.673. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[line]] or [[square on a chequer-board]]: hence 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]] <span class="bibl">Theoc. 6.18</span> (usu. called ἡ [[ἱερά]] (sc. [[γραμμή]]), cf. [[ἱερός]]) [[αἱ γραμμαί]] = the [[board]] itself, <span class="bibl">Poll.9.99</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[διὰ γραμμῆς παίζειν]] = to [[play at tug-of-war]] ([[διελκυστίνδα]]), <span class="bibl">Pl.Com.153.1</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Tht.</span>181a</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> [[ἡ μακρά]] (sc. [[γραμμή]]), v. [[τιμάω]] <span class="bibl">111.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> Medic., [[linea alba]], Gal.2.514. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> = [[ζέα]], <span class="title">Hippiatr.</span>1.</span>