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|Definition=ἡ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[representation by means of lines]]: hence, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[drawing]], [[delineation]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.36</span>; <b class="b3">κατὰ γραφήν</b> in [[outline]], cj. in <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>193a</span>; also of [[painting]], γραφῇ κοσμέειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.3.24</span>; εἰκὼν γραφῇ εἰκασμένη <span class="bibl">Id.2.182</span>; the [[art of drawing]] or [[art of painting]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Plt.</span>277c</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ti.</span>19b</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[that which is drawn]] or [[that which is painted]], [[drawing]], [[picture]], <b class="b3">ὅσον γραφῇ</b> [[only in a picture]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.73</span>; πρέπουσά θ' ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>242</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">σπόγγος ὤλεσεν γραφήν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">1329</span>; μήτε ἄγαλμα μήτε γ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1336b15</span>; also of [[embroidery]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>232</span>; γραφαὶ ἀπὸ κερκίδος <span class="bibl">Philostr.<span class="title">Im.</span>2.5</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">γραφὴ παρειῶν</b> [[painting]], [[rouging]] the [[cheek]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ep.</span>22</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[writing]] or [[the art of writing]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>274b</span>, etc.: pl., <b class="b3">αἱ γ. τῶν δικῶν</b> [[the registration]] of... <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pol.</span>1321b36</span>; <b class="b3">γραφαὶ περὶ συμμαχίας</b>, of treaties, ib.<span class="bibl">1280a40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[that which is written]], [[writing]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>683</span>, <span class="bibl">Agatho 4</span>: hence, of various written documents, [[letter]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.129</span>: also in plural, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>735</span>; [[ψευδεῖς γραφαί]] = [[spurious]] [[document]]s, ap.<span class="bibl">D.18.55</span> (but in <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>1311</span> [[false]] [[statement]]s); of published [[writings]], τῶν φιλοσόφων Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.73 W., cf. <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Orat.Vett.</span>4</span>; [[ἐν τῇ πρώτῃ γραφῇ]] = [[in the first book]], Epicur.<span class="title">Nat.Herc.</span>1431.16; [[written law]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>934c</span>; [[contract]], PAmh.2.43.13 (ii B. C.): pl., [[copy|copies]] of judgements delivered in [[court]], <span class="title">IG</span>12(2).526d8 (Eresos). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[catalogue]], [[list]], [[return]], ἱερῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>88.2</span> (ii B. C.); τοῦ κατ' ἄνδρα <span class="title">OGI</span>179.21 (Egypt, i B. C.); τὰς κατ' ἄνδρα γραφάς <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>27.7</span> (ii B. C.), etc.; [[price list]], <span class="bibl">D.S.1.91</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> [[inscription]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.134</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12(5).679 (Syros), <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span> 347 (Cios), <span class="bibl">D.C.37.21</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">d</span> MS. [[reading]], <span class="bibl">Str.1.2.25</span>, Gal.15.430, <span class="bibl">Alex.Aphr.<span class="title">in Sens.</span>9.29</span>, <span class="bibl">Herm.<span class="title">in Phdr.</span>p.154A.</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> the [[Holy Scripture]], Aristeas<span class="bibl">155</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">2 Ep.Pet.</span>1.20</span>: pl., <span class="bibl">Ph.1.18</span>, <span class="bibl">J.<span class="title">Ap.</span>2.4</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>21.42</span>, al.: also in sg., of a particular [[passage]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Act.Ap.</span>8.32</span>, al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">γραφὴ φαρμάκου</b> [[medical]] [[prescription]], Gal.12.293, 13.638, 15.918. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> [[record office]], [[archive]], IG11(2).203<span class="title">B</span>101 (Delos, iii B. C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> ([[γράφομαι]]) as law-term, </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[bill of indictment]] in a [[public]] [[prosecution]], λέγε, τὴν γραφὴν αὐτὴν λαβών <span class="bibl">D.18.53</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[criminal prosecution]] in the [[interest]] of the [[state]] (cf. <span class="bibl">Poll.8.41</span>), γραφὴν ὕβρεως καὶ δίκην κακηγορίας ἰδίαν φεύξεται <span class="bibl">Id.21.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Lys.1.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Is.11.28</span>, etc.; γραφὴν γράφεσθαι <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>929e</span>, etc.; γρ. γ. τινά <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Euthphr.</span>2b</span>, etc.; γ. ἀπενεγκεῖν <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.217</span>; γραφήν τινος διώκειν τινά <span class="bibl">D.19.293</span>; πολλὰς γ. διώξας οὐδεμίαν εἷλεν <span class="bibl">Antipho 2.1.5</span>; γραφὴν ἁλῶναι <span class="bibl">Id.2.2.9</span>; <b class="b3">γ. κατασκευάζειν κατά τινος, ἐπί τινα</b>, <span class="bibl">D.21.103</span>, <span class="bibl">22.2</span>; [[γραφὴν εἰσέρχεσθαι]], [[γραφὴν εἰσιέναι]], [[appear before the court]] in a [[public]] [[prosecution]], either as [[prosecutor]] or [[prosecuted]], <span class="bibl">Id.18.105</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> generally, an [[ordinary]] [[public]] [[action]], opp. to special forms (such as [[εἰσαγγελία]], [[εὔθυναι]], etc.), γραφάς, εὐθύνας, εἰσαγγελίας, πάντα ταῦτ' ἐπαγόντων μοι <span class="bibl">D.18.249</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Ath.</span>3.2</span>, <span class="bibl">Lys.16.12</span>.</span>

|txtha=γραφῆς, ἡ ([[γράφω]], cf. [[γλυφή]] and [[γλύφω]]);<br /><b class="num">a.</b> a [[writing]], [[thing]] written (from [[Sophocles]] down): [[πᾶσα]] [[γραφή]] [[every]] scripture [[namely]], of the O. T., γραφαί ἅγιαι, [[holy]] scriptures, the [[sacred]] books (of the O. T.), προφητικαι, αἱ γραφαί τῶν προφητῶν, ἡ [[γραφή]], the Scripture κατ' ἐξοχήν, the [[holy]] scripture (of the O. T.) — and used to [[denote]] [[either]] the [[book]] itself, or its contents ([[some]] would [[restrict]] the [[singular]] [[γραφή]] [[always]] to a [[particular]] [[passage]]; [[see]] Lightfoot on αἱ γραφαί: αἱ γραφαί comprehends [[also]] the books of the N. T. [[already]] begun to be [[collected]] [[into]] a [[canon]], ἡ [[γραφή]] is used for God [[speaking]] in it: ἡ [[γραφή]] is introduced as a [[person]] and [[distinguished]] from God in [[εἰδέναι]] τάς γραφάς, [[συνιέναι]], a [[certain]] [[portion]] or [[section]] of [[holy]] Scripture: B. D. [[under]] the [[word]] Smith's Bible Dictionary, Scripture.)