γραφή γράφω representation by means of lines: drawing or delineation, Hdt.; of painting, Hdt., Plat. a drawing, painting, picture, ὅσον γραφῆι only in a picture, Hdt.; πρέπουσα ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς Aesch. writing, the art of writing, Plat. a writing, Soph.: a letter, Thuc.; so in pl., like γράμματα, Eur.: ψευδεῖς γρ. false statements, Eur. (γράφομαι) as Attic law-term, an indictment in a public prosecution, a criminal prosecution undertaken by the state, opp. to δίκη (a private action), Plat., etc.