γραφίς

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From γράφω (gráphō) +‎ -ίς (-ís)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰís/ → /ɣraˈɸis/ → /ɣraˈfis/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɡra.pʰís/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ɡraˈpʰis/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ɣraˈɸis/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ɣraˈfis/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ɣraˈfis/

Noun

γρᾰφίς • (graphís) f (genitive γρᾰφίδος); third declension

1. stilus
2. paintbrush
3. graving tool
4. embroidery needle
5. embroidery
6. (in the plural) paintings
7. (Byzantine) inscription plate

Declension

Third declension of ἡ γρᾰφί̆ς; τῆς γρᾰφῐ́δος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ γρᾰφί̆ς hē graphís	τὼ γρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ graphíde	αἱ γρᾰφῐ́δες hai graphídes
Genitive	τῆς γρᾰφῐ́δος tês graphídos	τοῖν γρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn graphídoin	τῶν γρᾰφῐ́δων tôn graphídōn
Dative	τῇ γρᾰφῐ́δῐ têi graphídi	τοῖν γρᾰφῐ́δοιν toîn graphídoin	ταῖς γρᾰφῐ́σῐ / γρᾰφῐ́σῐν taîs graphísi(n)
Accusative	τὴν γρᾰφῐ́δᾰ tḕn graphída	τὼ γρᾰφῐ́δε tṑ graphíde	τᾱ̀ς γρᾰφῐ́δᾰς tā̀s graphídas
Vocative	γρᾰφί̆ς graphís	γρᾰφῐ́δε graphíde	γρᾰφῐ́δες graphídes
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension. Nominative singular -ς (-s) arose by reduction of the original cluster *-ds.

Derived terms

• ὑπογραφίς (hupographís)

Descendants

• Greek: γραφίδα (grafída)

Further reading

• γραφίς in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• γραφίς in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• γραφίς in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
• “γραφίς”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• “γραφίς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • pen idem, page 602.
  • quill idem, page 667.

Greek

Noun

γραφίς • (grafís) f (plural γραφίδες)

1. Katharevousa form of γραφίδα (grafída, “pen, stylus”)

Related terms

see: γραφή f (grafí, “writing”)