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graphis

From LSJ

Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11

Latin > English

graphis graphidis N F :: instrument for drawing/painting
graphis graphis graphidos/is N F :: instrument for drawing/painting

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

grăphis: ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = γραφίς.
I A drawing-pencil, sketching-pen: pingere collibitum est: graphidem date, Ser. ap. Diom. p. 516 P.—
II Transf., drawing; a draught, design: architectum oportet graphidos scientiam habere, Vitr. 1, 1, 4: alias multa graphidis vestigia exstant in tabulis ac membranis ejus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

grăphis, ĭdis ou ĭdos, f. (γραφίς), instrument pour dessiner, crayon : Seren d. Diom. 518, 1, graphidis vestigia Plin. 35, 68, dessin, plan, esquisse.

Latin > German (Georges)

graphis, idis u. idos, f. (γραφίς), I) das Werkzeug zum Zeichnen, der Griffel, die Reißfeder, Seren. b. Diom. 518, 1: vestigia graphidis, Umrisse, Skizzen, Plin. 35, 68. – II) meton., das Zeichnen, die Zeichenkunst, Vitr . 1, 1. § 3 u. 4 13.

Latin > Chinese

graphis, idis. f. :: 畫藝