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γράμμα
γράμμα γράφω that which is drawn, in pl. the lines of a drawing or picture, Eur., Theocr.: in sg. a drawing, picture, Plat. that which is written, a written character, letter, Lat. litera, Hdt., etc.; and in pl. letters, Aesch.; hence, the alphabet, Hdt., Plat.; γρ. to have learnt to read, Plat.; ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφοίτων you kept school, — I went there, Dem. a note in music, Anth. in pl. also, a piece of writing, and, like Lat. literae, a letter, Hdt., Eur.: an inscription, epitaph, Hdt. papers or documents of any kind, records, accounts, Ar., Oratt.:—in sg. a bill, account, NTest. a manʼs writings, i. e. a book, treatise, Xen.:—also, letters, learning, Plat.

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(drawing, scratch) letter, character, writing, document

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γράμμα γράφω that which is drawn, in pl. the lines of a drawing or picture, Eur., Theocr.: in sg. a drawing, picture, Plat. that which is written, a written character, letter, Lat. litera, Hdt., etc.; and in pl. letters, Aesch.; hence, the alphabet, Hdt., Plat.; γρ. to have learnt to read, Plat.; ἐδίδασκες γράμματα, ἐγὼ δʼ ἐφοίτων you kept school, — I went there, Dem. a note in music, Anth. in pl. also, a piece of writing, and, like Lat. literae, a letter, Hdt., Eur.: an inscription, epitaph, Hdt. papers or documents of any kind, records, accounts, Ar., Oratt.:—in sg. a bill, account, NTest. a manʼs writings, i. e. a book, treatise, Xen.:—also, letters, learning, Plat.
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7055
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n7059
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gra/mma

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