The corpus record

γρᾰφ-εῖον

grapheion · τό

pencil, paint-brush, graving tool, chisel

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Where it lives

Job 1 · 0.75/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 2 · 0.19/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

γρᾰφ-εῖον · graph-eion — LSJ

pencil

pencil, Hp. Superf. 8 (f.l.), Arist. Ph. 248b8, Macho ap. Ath. 13.582c.

2 paint-brush, graving tool, chisel

paint-brush, Plu. Herod. 2.859e, S.E. P. 1.28; graving tool, chisel, Epigr.Gr. 980.4 (Philae).

II registry, record-office

registry, record-office, Michel 595.12 (Halic.), PRyl. 65.4 (i B. C.), PAmh. 110.21 (i A. D.), etc.:—written γράφιον, PPetr. 3p.155.

III tax on writing-materials, fees for copying

tax on writing-materials, BGU 277 ii 11: but in pl., fees for copying, ib. 1214.12.

In the wild

γραφείου · grapheiou Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 6.1 (DIORISIS sentence 4683)
γραφεῖον · grapheion Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 7.1 (DIORISIS sentence 6195)
γραφεῖα · grapheia Epictetus, Discourses 3.22 (DIORISIS sentence 5034)
γραφείῳ · grapheiōi Septuaginta, Job 19

Where it came from

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