The corpus record

γρᾰφίς

graphis · ἡ

stilus for writing

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Where it lives

Protagoras 1 · 0.56/10k
Regnorum III 1 · 0.52/10k
Exodus 1 · 0.42/10k
Isaias 1 · 0.38/10k
Ezechiel 1 · 0.35/10k

What it meant

γρᾰφίς · graphis — LSJ

stilus for writing, paint-brush, graving tool, needle for embroidering

= γραφεῖον I, AP 6.63 (Damoch.), 65 (Paul.Sil.), 67 (Jul.): esp. stilus for writing on waxen tablets, Pl. Prt. 326d; paint-brush, APl. 16.178 (Antip.); graving tool, LXX Ex. 32.4; σύμβολα . . γραφίδεσσι κατέξυσα Hymn.Is. 11, cf. AP 4.3b.72 (Agath.); needle for embroidering, APl. 16.324.

II embroidery, paintings

embroidery, AP 5.275 (Agath.): but in pl., = paintings, Nonn. D. 25.433.

In the wild

γραφίδι · graphidi Plato, Protagoras 326
γραφίδι · graphidi Septuaginta, Exodus 32
γραφίδι · graphidi Septuaginta, Ezechiel 23
γραφίδι · graphidi Septuaginta, Isaias 8
γραφίδι · graphidi Septuaginta, Regnorum III 6

Where it came from

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