γραφήν (graphen)

γραφήν is an Ancient Greek form of γραφή, meaning “writing, drawing”. It is the accusative singular feminine noun.

It can also be a form of γραφής, “writing (see γραφή)”.

Found 267 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 1.1.43: … όγους ἀμφὶ τῶν θείων χρημάτων ἐς τοὺς Ἕλληνας φαίνειν. καὶ τάχα μὲν ἡ γνώμη τοι δικαίη ἐς τὸ ξυνὸν καταθέσθαι γραφὴν ἢ ἐφʼ ὁποιοισοῦν ἐπιτρέπειν χρῆμα ἐς οὐδὲν ὄφελος. εἰ δή τοι ἥδιον, ἐθέλω γενέσθαι λεσχηνευτὴς περὶ ὁτέων γρά …

Euripides, Iphigenia in Tauris 762: ἐν ἀσφαλεῖ γάρ· ἢν μὲν ἐκσῴσῃς γραφήν,

John of Damascus, Saint, Vita Barlaam et Joasaph 19.161: … έσεις καὶ τὰς προφητικὰς ῥήσεις ἑρμηνεύων· θεοδίδακτος γὰρ ὢν ὁ ἀνὴρ πᾶσαν ἐπὶ στόματος Παλαιάν τε καὶ Καινὴν Γραφὴν ἔφερε, καί, τῷ θείῳ κινούμενος Πνεύματι, ἐφώτισεν αὐτὸν πρὸς τὴν ἀληθῆ θεογνωσίαν. ἐν αὐτῇ δὲ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ὅτε βα …

All forms of γραφή (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.