γράμμα
γράμμα,
ατος,
τό, Dor.
γράθμα, prob. in
IG 4.506 (Heraeum, vi/v B. C.), cf.
An.Ox. 1.102 , but
γράσσμα,
IG 4.554 (Argos, v B. C.): late Aeol. pl.
γρόππατα,
Epigr.Gr. 990.11 (Balbilla):(
γράφω):—
A). that which is drawn: pl.,
lines of a drawing, picture, etc.,
E. Ion 1146 (of tapestry),
Theoc. 15.81 ;
picture,
Ἀπέλλεω γ. Herod. 4.73 , cf.
AP 6.352 (Erinna): sg.,
drawing, picture,
Pl. R. 472d ,
Cra. 430e , cf.
431c : pl.,
figures in a picture,
Procop.Gaz. Ecphr. p.157B. II). written character, letter,
Hdt. 1.139 ,
148 , etc.: in pl.,
letters, characters,
γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις A. Pr. 460 ;
πηλίκοις γ. Ep.Gal. 6.11 ;
the letters, the alphabet,
Hdt. 5.58 ;
τὰ γ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς Pl. Cra. 390e ;
γ. Φοινίκια S. Fr. 514 ;
Ἀσσύρια, Ἑλληνικά,
Hdt. 4.87 ;
γράμματα ἐπίστασθαι Pl. Lg. 689d ;
μαθεῖν to have learnt
to read,
Id. Prt. 325e ;
γ. μὴ εἰδέναι SIG 2844.6 ;
ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ’ ἐφοίτων you
kept school—I went there,
D. 18.265 ;
ἤτοι τέθνηκεν ἢ διδάσκει γ. Com.Adesp. 20 ;
παιδεύειν γράμματα Arist. Pol. 1337b24 ;
τέχνη ἡμῶν γ. our profession is that of the
scribe, PTeb. 316.16 (i A. D.).
c). παρὰ γράμμα λέγοντα .. σκοπεῖν etymologically,
Id. MM 1185b39 ;
τὰ παρὰ γ. σκώμματα puns,
Id. Rh. 1412a28 ; but
ἀρετὴν παρὰ γ. διώκοντες, with ref. to
Νικαρέτη, the mistress of Stilpo,
Crates Theb. 1 .
2). in pl., notes in music, AP 11.78 ( Lucill.).
3). mathematical
diagram, Epigr. ap.
D.L. 8.12 .
4). letter inscribed on the lots which the
δικασταί drew,
Ar. Pl. 277 , al.,
Arist. Ath. 64.4 ; practically, =
division of dicasts,
ἐν ὁποίῳ γ. δειπνεῖ Ar. Ec. 683 ;
ἁ κατὰ γράμμα φυλακά the
roster of guards,
SIG 569.21 (Cos, iii B. C.).
b). quarters of a town, PRein. 49.2 ; accent, EM 240.42 , Zonar.
5). a small weight,
1 /
24 ounce, scruple,
Androm. ap.
Gal. 13.114 ,
Gp. 7.13.2 ,
PLips. 62 ii 27 (iv A. D.).
III). in pl.,
set of written characters, piece of writing,
Hdt. 1.124 : hence,
letter,
Id. 5.14 ,
IG 22.103.8 , etc.;
γραμμάτων πτυχαί S. Fr. 144 , cf.
E. IT 594 , al.,
Pl. Ep. 347c ;
inscription, epitaph, etc.,
ἐκόλαψε ἐς τὸν τάφον γράμματα λέγοντα τάδε Hdt. 1.187 , cf.
4.91 ,
And. 3.12 ,
Theoc. 18.47 ,
IG 3.751 .
2). papers, documents,
Antipho 1.30 ,
D. 36.21 , etc. (sg.,
D.Chr. 65.14 );
τούτων τὰ γ. the
documents to prove this,
Lys. 32.14 ;
τὰ γ. τῆς δίκης Ar. Nu. 772 ;
τὰ δημόσια γ. the public
records, Decr. ap.
D. 18.55 ;
title-deeds,
D.C. 65.14 ;
account of loans,
D. 49.59 ;
ἐπικαρπίαν ἐν γράμμασιν ἀποφέρειν Pl. Lg. 955d ;
contract or
estimate,
BCH 46.323 (Teos);
catalogue,
X. Cyr. 7.4.12 : in sg.,
bond, Ev. Luc. 16.7 ;
note of hand,
J. AJ 18.6.3 .
3). a man's
writings, i.e.
book, treatise,
τὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος γ. Pl. Prm. 127c (but sg., ib.
128a ): pl.,
books,
X. Mem. 4.2.1 ;
Πλάτωνος τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς γ. Call. Epigr. 25 , cf.
AP 9.63 (
Asclep.),
Gal. 18(2).928 ;
τὰ ἱερὰ γ. the Holy
Scriptures,
OGI 56.36 (iii B. C.),
Ph. 2.574 ,
2 Ep.Ti. 3.15 ,
J. Ap. 1.10 ;
ἱερὰ γ., = Imperial
rescripts, IG 12(5).132 (Paros, iii A. D.); =
hieroglyphics,
OGI 90.54 (Rosetta, ii B. C.): in sg., the
Law of
Moses, Ep.Rom. 2.27 , al.; opp.
πνεῦμα, ib.
29 : sg.,
article of a treaty,
Th. 5.29 .
4). laws or
rules,
Pl. R. 425b ,
Plt. 292a , al.,
Ar. Ec. 1050 ;
κατὰ γράμματα ἄρχειν, opp.
ἄνευ γραμμάτων,
Pl. Plt. 293a ;
ἡ κατὰ γ. καὶ νόμους πολιτεία Arist. Pol. 1286a15 , cf.
1272a38 :
οἱ κατὰ γ. νόμοι, opp.
οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθη, ib.
1287b5 , cf.
Pl. Plt. 299d ;
κατὰ γράμματα ἰατρεύεσθαι Arist. Pol. 1287a34 ;
ἡ ἐκ τῶν γ. θεραπεία ib.
40 .
IV). in pl., also,
letters, learning,
ἀπείρους γραμμάτων Pl. Ap. 26d , etc.
ShortDef
(drawing, scratch) letter, character, writing, document
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">γράμμα</span>, <span class="itype greek">ατος</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, Dor. <span class="orth greek">γράθμα</span>, prob. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.506 </span> (Heraeum, vi/v B. C.), cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">An.Ox.</span> 1.102 </span>, but <span class="orth greek">γράσσμα</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 4.554 </span> (Argos, v B. C.): late Aeol. pl. <span class="orth greek">γρόππατα</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 990.11 </span> (Balbilla):(<span class="etym greek">γράφω</span>):— <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">that which is drawn</span>: pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">lines of a drawing, picture</span>, etc., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1146" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1146/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ion</span> 1146 </a> (of tapestry), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15:81" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:15.81/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 15.81 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">picture</span>, <span class="quote greek">Ἀπέλλεω γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4:73" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0650.tlg001:4.73/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Herod.</span> 4.73 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 6.352 </span> (Erinna): sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">drawing, picture</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:472d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:472d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 472d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:430e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:430e/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 430e </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:431c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:431c/canonical-url/"> 431c </a>: pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">figures</span> in a picture, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg010:p.157B" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2598.tlg010:p.157B/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Procop.Gaz.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ecphr.</span> p.157B. </a> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">written character, letter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:139" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.139/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.139 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:148" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:148/canonical-url/"> 148 </a>, etc.: in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letters, characters</span>, <span class="quote greek">γραμμάτων τε συνθέσεις</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:460" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg003.perseus-grc1:460/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 460 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">πηλίκοις γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:6:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg009.perseus-grc1:6.11/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Gal.</span> 6.11 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the letters, the alphabet</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:58" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.58/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.58 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. καὶ τὰς συλλαβάς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:390e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg005.perseus-grc1:390e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cra.</span> 390e </a> ; <span class="quote greek">γ. Φοινίκια</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:514" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:514/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 514 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">Ἀσσύρια, Ἑλληνικά</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:87" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.87/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 4.87 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γράμματα ἐπίστασθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:689d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:689d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 689d </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">μαθεῖν</span> to have learnt <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to read</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:325e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg022:325e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prt.</span> 325e </a>; <span class="quote greek">γ. μὴ εἰδέναι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 2844.6 </span> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δ’ ἐφοίτων</span> you <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">kept school</span>—I went there, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:265" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:265/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.265 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἤτοι τέθνηκεν ἢ διδάσκει γ.</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Com.Adesp.</span> 20 </span> ; <span class="quote greek">παιδεύειν γράμματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1337b:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1337b.24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1337b24 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τέχνη ἡμῶν γ.</span> our profession is that of the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">scribe,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">PTeb.</span> 316.16 </span> (i A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">articulate sound, letter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg010:18c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phlb.</span> 18c </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. πάθη ἐστὶ τῆς φωνῆς</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:895a:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:895a.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 895a12 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">γράμματα φθέγγεσθαι</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:8" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:8/canonical-url/"> 8 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:660a:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:660a.5/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 660a5 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>c).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">παρὰ γράμμα λέγοντα .. σκοπεῖν</span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">etymologically</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg022:1185b:39" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg022:1185b.39/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">MM</span> 1185b39 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ παρὰ γ. σκώμματα</span> puns, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1412a:28" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg038.perseus-grc1:1412a.28/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Rh.</span> 1412a28 </a>; but <span class="foreign greek">ἀρετὴν παρὰ γ. διώκοντες</span>, with ref. to <span class="foreign greek">Νικαρέτη</span>, the mistress of Stilpo, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Crates Theb.</span> 1 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>d).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inscription</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὸ Δελφικὸν γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg012:229e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Phdr.</span> 229e </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:164d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg018:164d/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Chrm.</span> 164d </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:24/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 4.2.24 </a>, etc., <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 2.2876 </span>, al.: prov., <span class="quote greek">εἰς πέλαγος .. γράμματα γράψαι</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.Gr.</span> 1038.8 </span> (Attalia). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">notes</span> in music, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 11.78 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lucill.</span></span>). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> mathematical <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">diagram</span>, Epigr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0004.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.L.</span> 8.12 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letter</span> inscribed on the lots which the <span class="foreign greek">δικασταί</span> drew, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:277" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg011.perseus-grc1:277/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pl.</span> 277 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:64:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg003.perseus-grc1:64.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ath.</span> 64.4 </a>; practically, = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">division</span> of dicasts, <span class="quote greek">ἐν ὁποίῳ γ. δειπνεῖ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:683" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:683/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 683 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἁ κατὰ γράμμα φυλακά</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">roster</span> of guards, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">SIG</span> 569.21 </span> (Cos, iii B. C.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-4"> <span><strong>b).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">quarters</span> of a town, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PRein.</span> 49.2 </span>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">accent,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">EM</span> 240.42 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Zonar.</span> </span> </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>5).</strong></span> a small weight, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3136.tlg001:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3136.tlg001:1/canonical-url/"> 1 </a>/<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3136.tlg001:24" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg3136.tlg001:24/canonical-url/"> 24 </a> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ounce, scruple</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Androm.</span> </span> ap. <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 13.114 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gp.</span> 7.13.2 </span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PLips.</span> 62 ii 27 </span> (iv A. D.). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">set of written characters, piece of writing</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:124" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.124/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.124 </a>: hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letter</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> 5.14 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 22.103.8 </span>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">γραμμάτων πτυχαί</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:144" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0011.tlg008.perseus-grc1:144/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">S.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 144 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:594" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg013.perseus-grc1:594/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IT</span> 594 </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:347c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg036.perseus-grc1:347c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.</span> 347c </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">inscription, epitaph</span>, etc., <span class="quote greek">ἐκόλαψε ἐς τὸν τάφον γράμματα λέγοντα τάδε</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:187" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.187/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.187 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4:91" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4.91/canonical-url/"> 4.91 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg003.perseus-grc1:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 3.12 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0005.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Theoc.</span> 18.47 </a>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 3.751 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">papers, documents</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0028.tlg001.perseus-grc1:30/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Antipho</span> 1.30 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg036.perseus-grc1:21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 36.21 </a>, etc. (sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:65:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0612.tlg001:65.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.Chr.</span> 65.14 </a>); <span class="foreign greek">τούτων τὰ γ.</span> the <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">documents to prove</span> this, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg032.perseus-grc1:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0540.tlg032.perseus-grc1:14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lys.</span> 32.14 </a>; <span class="quote greek">τὰ γ. τῆς δίκης</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:772" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg003.perseus-grc1:772/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Nu.</span> 772 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ δημόσια γ.</span> the public <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">records</span>, Decr. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:55" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg018.perseus-grc1:55/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 18.55 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">title-deeds</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:65:14" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0385.tlg001:65.14/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.C.</span> 65.14 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">account</span> of loans, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg049.perseus-grc1:59" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg049.perseus-grc1:59/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 49.59 </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἐπικαρπίαν ἐν γράμμασιν ἀποφέρειν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:955d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:955d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 955d </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">contract</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">estimate</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">BCH</span> 46.323 </span> (Teos); <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">catalogue</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:4:12" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:7:4:12/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 7.4.12 </a>: in sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bond, Ev. Luc.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:16:7" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:16.7/canonical-url/"> 16.7 </a>; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">note of hand</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:6:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg001.perseus-grc1:18:6:3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AJ</span> 18.6.3 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> a man\'s <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">writings</span>, i.e. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">book, treatise</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰ τοῦ Ζήνωνος γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:127c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:127c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Prm.</span> 127c </a> (but sg., ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:128a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg009:128a/canonical-url/"> 128a </a>): pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">books</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:2:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Mem.</span> 4.2.1 </a>; <span class="quote greek">Πλάτωνος τὸ περὶ ψυχῆς γ.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:25" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0533.tlg003.perseus-grc1:25/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Call.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Epigr.</span> 25 </a> , cf. <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">AP</span> 9.63 </span> (<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asclep.</span></span>), <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Gal.</span> 18(2).928 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">τὰ ἱερὰ γ.</span> the Holy <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Scriptures</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 56.36 </span> (iii B. C.), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2:574" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:2.574/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 2.574 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg016.perseus-grc1:3:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0031.tlg016.perseus-grc1:3.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">2 Ep.Ti.</span> 3.15 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1:10" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0526.tlg003.perseus-grc1:1.10/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">J.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 1.10 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">ἱερὰ γ.</span>, = Imperial <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rescripts,</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">IG</span> 12(5).132 </span> (Paros, iii A. D.); = <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">hieroglyphics</span>, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">OGI</span> 90.54 </span> (Rosetta, ii B. C.): in sg., the <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Law</span> of <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Moses</span>, <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ep.Rom.</span> 2.27 </span>, al.; opp. <span class="foreign greek">πνεῦμα</span>, ib.<span class="bibl"> 29 </span>: sg., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">article</span> of a treaty, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:29" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.29/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 5.29 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>4).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">laws</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">rules</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:425b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 425b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:292a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:292a/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 292a </a>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1050" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg010.perseus-grc1:1050/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ec.</span> 1050 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">κατὰ γράμματα ἄρχειν</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἄνευ γραμμάτων</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:293a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:293a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 293a </a>; <span class="quote greek">ἡ κατὰ γ. καὶ νόμους πολιτεία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1286a:15" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1286a.15/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1286a15 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1272a:38" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1272a.38/canonical-url/"> 1272a38 </a>: <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κατὰ γ. νόμοι</span>, opp. <span class="foreign greek">οἱ κατὰ τὰ ἔθη</span>, ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1287b:5" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1287b.5/canonical-url/"> 1287b5 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:299d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg008.perseus-grc1:299d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Plt.</span> 299d </a>; <span class="quote greek">κατὰ γράμματα ἰατρεύεσθαι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1287a:34" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:1287a.34/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pol.</span> 1287a34 </a> ; <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ἐκ τῶν γ. θεραπεία</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:40" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg035.perseus-grc1:40/canonical-url/"> 40 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> in pl., also, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">letters, learning</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἀπείρους γραμμάτων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:26d" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg002.perseus-grc1:26d/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ap.</span> 26d </a> , etc.</div> </div><br><br>'}