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χειρογρᾰφ-ία

cheirographia · ἡ

report in writing

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What it meant — LSJ

report in writing

report in writing, PTeb. 64 (a).54 (ii B.C.).

2 declaration, written testimony

declaration attested by oath, written testimony, χ. ὅρκου βασιλικοῦ ib. 27.32 (ii B.C.); κατὰ νόμους χειρογραφίας PRev.Laws 37.13 (iii B.C.); παραβεβηκότος τὰ τῆς χ. PAmh. 2.35.31 (ii B. C.).

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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