γραφεύς
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From γράφω (gráphō, “to write”) + -εύς (-eús, “-er”, masculine agent noun suffix).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ɡra.pʰěu̯s/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ɡraˈpʰews/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ɣraˈɸeɸs/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ɣraˈfefs/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ɣraˈfefs/
Noun
γραφεύς • (grapheús) m (genitive γραφέως); third declension
- painter
- secretary
- writer
- scribe
Inflection
Third declension of ὁ γραφεύς; τοῦ γραφέως (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ὁ γραφεύς ho grapheús | τὼ γραφῆ tṑ graphê | οἱ γραφῆς / γραφεῖς hoi graphês / grapheîs | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ γραφέως toû graphéōs | τοῖν γραφέοιν toîn graphéoin | τῶν γραφέων tôn graphéōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ γραφεῖ tôi grapheî | τοῖν γραφέοιν toîn graphéoin | τοῖς γραφεῦσῐ / γραφεῦσῐν toîs grapheûsi(n) | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸν γραφέᾱ tòn graphéā | τὼ γραφῆ tṑ graphê | τοὺς γραφέᾱς toùs graphéās | ||||||||||
Vocative | γραφεῦ grapheû | γραφῆ graphê | γραφῆς / γραφεῖς graphês / grapheîs | ||||||||||
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Synonyms
- (secretary): γραμματεύς (grammateús)
References
- “γραφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “γραφεύς”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- artist idem, page 42.
- painter idem, page 589.