γράφω

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[ᾰ], fut.

   A -ψω Hdt.1.95, etc.: aor. ἔγραψα, Ep. γράψα Il.17.599: pf. γέγραφα Cratin.124, Th.5.26, etc.; later γεγράφηκα PHib. 1.78.2 (iii B. C.):—Med., fut. γράψομαι Ar.Pax 107, etc. (but in pass. sense, Gal.Protr.13): aor. ἐγραψάμην Ar.V.894, etc.:—Pass., fut. γρᾰφήσομαι Hp.Acut.26, Nicom.Com.1.39, (μετεγ-) Ar.Eq.1370; more freq. γεγράψομαι S.OT411, Theoc.18.47, etc.: aor. ἐγράφην [ᾰ], Hdt.4.91, Pl.Prm.128c, etc.; ἐγράφθην SIG57.5 (Milet., v B. C.), Archim.Fluit.2.4: pf. γέγραμμαι (also in med. sense, v. fin.), 3sg. ἔγραπται Opp.C.3.274; part. ἐγραμμένος or ἠγρ- SIG9 (Elis, dub.), Leg.Gort.1.45, al.; later γεγράφημαι Ph.2.637: 3pl. γεγράφαται IG 12.57.10, Dor. γεγράβανται Schwyzer 90.12 (Argos): plpf. ἐγέγραπτο X.Mem.1.2.64: 3pl. ἐγεγράφατο D.C.56.32. Used by Hom. only in aor. Act.:—scratch, graze, αἰχμὴ γράψεν οἱ ὀστέον ἄχρις Il.17.599; γράψας ἐν πίνακι πτυκτῷ θυμοφθόρα πολλά having marked or drawn signs thereon, 6.169: hence, later, represent by lines, draw, paint, Hdt.2.41, A.Eu.50, Pl.R.377e; γῆς περιόδους γ. draw maps, Hdt.4.36; γ. Ἔρωθ' ὑπόπτερον Eub.41.1; προσπεπατταλευμένον γ. τὸν Προμηθέα Men.535.2; ἀνδριάντα γ. Pl.R.420c; ζῷα γ., = ζωγραφεῖν (q. v.), Id.Grg.453c: metaph., ὁπόσα τοὺς λειμῶνας αἱ ὧραι γράφουσι Philostr.Im.Praef.:—Med., ζῷα γράφεσθαι Hdt.4.88:—Pass., εἰκὼν γεγραμμένη Ar.Ra.537; πίνακες γεγραμμένοι τὰ Ἀλεξάνδρου ἔργα Philostr.VA2.20.    2 Math., describe a figure, Euc.Post.3, al., Archim.Sph.Cyl.1.23, al., Gal.1.47.    b of a point or line in motion, generate a figure, Arist.Mech.848b10, al.; τὸ σαμεῖον ἕλικα γράψει Archim.Sph.Cyl.1, cf.Apollon.Perg.Con.1.2, Hero Aut.8.1.    3 brand, mark, Opp.C.1.326:—Pass. in form γεγράφαται, ib.322.    II express by written characters, write, τι Hdt.1.125, etc.; γ. διαθήκην Pl.Lg.923c, cf. X.Cyr.4.5.34 (Pass.); γ. τινὶ ὅτι . . Th.7.14; γ. τινί, c. inf., SIG552.13 (Abae, iii B. C.); γ. τι εἰς διφθέρας Hdt.5.58: prov., ὅρκους . . γυναικὸς εἰς ὕδωρ γράφω S.Fr.811, cf. Xenarch.6; εἰς τέφραν γ. Philonid.7; εἰς ὕδωρ, ἐν ὕδατι, Men. Mon.25, Pl.Phdr.276c; ἐν χρυσῷ πίνακι Id.Criti.120c; ἐν φλοιῷ Theoc.18.47; καθ' ὕδατος Luc.Cat.21; εἰς πέλαγος γράμματα γράψαι Epigr.Gr.1038.8 (Attalia):—Pass., πόθι φρενὸς γέγραπται in what leaf of memory it is written, Pi.O.10(11).3.    2 inscribe, γ. εἰς σκῦλα, εἰς στήλην, E.Ph.574, D.9.41:—Pass., γράφεσθαί τι to be inscribed with a thing, S.Tr.157; ὧδε γέγραμμαι have my name inscribed, IG12(7).3* (dub.); ἐν τῷ προσώπῳ γραφεὶς τὴν συμφοράν having it branded on his forehead, Pl.Lg.854d; γεγραμμένα κωκύουσαν, of the hyacinth, Euph.40.    3 write down, γ. τινὰ αἴτιον set him down as the cause, Hdt.7.214; γ. τι ἱερόν τινι register as... Pi.O.3.30; in magic, invoke a curse upon, Tab.Defix.Aud.14A1; γ. τινὰ κληρονόμον, ἐπίτροπον, institute by a written document, Pl.Lg.923c, 924a; register, enrol, ἐμὲ γράφε τῶν ἱππεύειν ὑπερεπιθυμούντων X.Cyr. 4.3.21; οὐ Κρέοντος προστάτου γεγράψομαι, as a dependent of Cr., S. OT411.    4 γ. τινί write a letter to one, γ. σοὶ ἵνα εἰδῇς PGrenf. 1.11 ii 21 (ii B. C.), etc.; εἴς τινα Luc.Syr.D.23.    5 γ. περί τίνος write on a subject, X.Cyn.13.2, etc.; ὑπέρ τινος Plb.1.1.4, etc.; εἴς τινα against... Longin.4.3; πρός τινα address a work to... Id.1.3; describe, οἱ ὑφ' ἡμῶν γραφόμενοι καιροί Plb.2.56.4; esp. of Prose, opp. ποιεῖν, Isoc.2.48: c. dupl. acc., τί . . γράψειειν ἄν σε μουσοποιὸς ἐν τάφῳ ; E.Tr.1189.    6 write down a law to be proposed: hence, propose, move, γνώμην, νόμον, ψήφισμα, etc., X.HG1.7.34, Ar.Nu. 1429, etc.: abs. (sc. νόμον), D.18.179; γ. καὶ νομοθετεῖν περί τινος Id.24.48; γ. πόλεμον, εἰρήνην, Id.10.55, 19.55: c. inf., σὺ γράφεις ταῦτ' εἶναι στρατιωτικά Id.1.19; ἔγραψα . . ἀποπλεῖν . . τοὺς πρέσβεις Id.18.25; enact, νόμοι οὓς τὸ πλῆθος συνελθὸν ἔγραψε X.Mem.1.2.42:—Pass., παρὰ τὰ γραφέντα δρᾶν Pl.Plt.295d; τὸ γεγραμμένον ὑπὸ σοῦ ψήφισμα Din.1.70.    7 prescribe, ordain, πότμος ἔγραψε Pi.N.6.7.    8 ὁ γράφων τὸν Ὀξυρυγχίτην (sc. νομόν) the secretary for the nome of Oxyrhynchus, POxy.239.1 (i A. D.); τῷ ἰδίῳ λόγῳ γράφοντι τὸν νομόν PFlor.358.5 (ii A. D.).    B Med., write for oneself or for one's own use, note down, Hdt. 2.82, IG12.57.39, etc.; γ. τι ἐν φρεσίν A.Ch.450 (lyr.); φρενῶν ἔσω S.Ph.1325; ἐγραψάμην ὑπομνήματα I wrote me down some memoranda, Pl.Tht.143a; cause to be written, συγγραφήν D.56.6, etc.; γ. πρόσοδον πρὸς τὴν βουλήν petition for a hearing before the Council, Id.24.48.    2 enrol oneself, γράψασθαι φυλῆς καὶ δήμου καὶ φρατρίας IG12.374.16, ib.2.115b21: abs., of colonists, Pl.Lg.850b; but also (cf. A.11.3), ἕνα τῶν μαθητῶν ἐμὲ γράφου enrol me as one of your disciples, Id.Cra.428b.    3 as law-term, γ. τινά to indict one, τινός for some public offence, e.g. τῆς αἰσχροκερδείας, Pl.Lg. 754e; γ. [τινὰ] παρανόμων D.18.13; in full, γραφὴν γράψασθαί τινα Ar.Nu.1482 (but in Pass., εἴ σοι γράφοιτο δίκη ib.758); γράψασθαι δίκας SIG344.38 (Teos): c. acc. et inf., γ. τινὰ ἀδικεῖν Ar.V.894, cf. Pax107: abs., οἱ γραψάμενοι the prosecutors, Id.V.881; ἑτέροις οὐκ ἦν γράψασθαι And.1.75; also γράφεσθαί τι indict an act, i. e. the doer of it, as criminal, ἐγράψατο τὴν Χαβρίου δωρειάν he brought a γραφὴ παρανόμων against the person who proposed the grant to Chabrias, D.20.146, cf. 95; τὸ χάριν τούτων ἀποδοῦναι παρανόμων γράφει (2sg.) Id.18.119.    b Pass., to be indicted, γραφεὶς ἀπέφυγον D.18.103; τοῦτο τὸ ψήφισμα ἐγράφη παρανόμων was indicted as illegal, Aeschin.3.62; ψηφίσματα ὑπὸ τούτου οὐδὲ γραφέντα not even indicted, D.18.222 (but in 18.28, εἰ μὴ τοῦτ' ἐγράφη if this decree had not been proposed, as Pass. of A. 11.6); τὰ γεγραμμένα the articles of the indictment, Id.18.56; τὸ γεγραμμένον the penalty named in the indiclment, Id.24.83:—but γέγραμμαι usu. takes the sense of the Med., indict, Id.18.59, 119, cf. Pl.Euthphr.2b, Tht.210d.