The corpus record

γρᾰφ-εύς

grapheus · ὁ

painter, private secretary, writer

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Where it lives

2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
Against Theocrines 4 · 8.59/10k
Daniel (LXX) 8 · 7.61/10k
Ion 3 · 7.48/10k
1 Peter 1 · 5.8/10k
Euthyphro 3 · 5.8/10k
De Memoria et Reminiscentia 1 · 4.16/10k
Against Alcibiades 1 1 · 4.15/10k
To Demonicus 1 · 3.46/10k
Against Neaera 3 · 3.3/10k
On the Property of Aristophanes 1 · 3.22/10k
On the Crown 6 · 3.09/10k

Densest 12 of 59 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

γρᾰφ-εύς · graph-eus — LSJ

painter

painter, Emp. 23.1, E. Hec. 807 (s. v. l.), And. 4.17, Pl. Phd. 110b, etc.

II private secretary

= γραμματεύς, X. HG 4.1.39, Plu. Ages. 13; private secretary, τοῦ Δημοκρίτου Epicur. Fr. 172.

III writer, scribe, scrivener, copyist

writer, D.S. 21.17; scribe, scrivener, X. Ages. 1.26; copyist, Arist. Rh. 1409a20, Plb. 12.4a. 4, Str. 13.1.54 (pl.); τὰ τῶν γραφέων πταίσματα Porph. Plot. 19; cf. γραφής, γροφεύς.

In the wild

γραφέων · grapheōn Aristophanes, Ecclesiazusae 2.995 (DIORISIS sentence 819)
γραφῆς · graphēs Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 641)
γραφῆς · graphēs Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 656)
γραφεῖς · grapheis Aristotle, Ars Poetica 2
γραφέων · grapheōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 6
γραφῇ · graphēi Aristotle, Athenian Constitution Ath. Pol..45 (DIORISIS sentence 545)

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Where it came from

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