διαγραφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰγρᾰ́φω (dĭăgrắphō, “to mark out lines, delineate”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /ði.a.ɣraˈɸi/ → /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡraˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/

Noun

δῐᾰγρᾰφή • (dĭăgrăphḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς); first declension

1. delineation, outline, scheme
2. (in the plural) plans, specifications of a building
3. table, syllabus
4. register, description of goods sold, list of articles
5. decree, ordinance
6. (of a debt) crossing out, cancelling, hence payment
7. certificate that such payment has been made
8. contract
9. levy, tax

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰγρᾰφή; τῆς δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰγρᾰφή hē dĭăgrăphḗ	τὼ δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ dĭăgrăphā́	αἱ δῐᾰγρᾰφαί hai dĭăgrăphaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς tês dĭăgrăphês	τοῖν δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖν toîn dĭăgrăphaîn	τῶν δῐᾰγρᾰφῶν tôn dĭăgrăphôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰγρᾰφῇ têi dĭăgrăphêi	τοῖν δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖν toîn dĭăgrăphaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖς taîs dĭăgrăphaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰγρᾰφήν tḕn dĭăgrăphḗn	τὼ δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ dĭăgrăphā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s dĭăgrăphā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰγρᾰφή dĭăgrăphḗ	δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ dĭăgrăphā́	δῐᾰγρᾰφαί dĭăgrăphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: diagraph
• → French: diagraphe
• → Greek: διαγραφή (diagrafí)

Further reading

• “διαγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαγραφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαγραφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2025)

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Koine Greek διαγραφή (diagraphḗ).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ði̯a.ɣɾaˈfi/, /ðʝa.ɣɾaˈfi/
• Hyphenation: δι‧α‧γρα‧φή

Noun

διαγραφή • (diagrafí) f (plural διαγραφές)

1. crossing out
2. deletion, erasure
3. cancellation (of debt)
4. removal

Declension

Declension of διαγραφή

	singular	plural
nominative	διαγραφή (diagrafí)	διαγραφές (diagrafés)
genitive	διαγραφής (diagrafís)	διαγραφών (diagrafón)
accusative	διαγραφή (diagrafí)	διαγραφές (diagrafés)
vocative	διαγραφή (diagrafí)	διαγραφές (diagrafés)

Related terms

• διαγράφω (diagráfo)