The corpus record — Latin

graphicus

graphicus · adj

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Where it lives

Trinummus 3 · 3.05/10k
Persa 2 · 2.54/10k
Pseudolus 2 · 1.81/10k
Stichus 1 · 1.61/10k
Epidicus 1 · 1.54/10k
Metamorphoses 2 · 0.37/10k
Noctes Atticae 3 · 0.27/10k

What it meant

grăphĭcus — Lewis & Short

grăphĭcus, a, um, adj., = grafiko/s,

I of or belonging to painting or drawing, graphic.

I Lit., only subst.: grăphĭce, ēs, f. (sc. ars), like h( grafikh/, the art of drawing, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 77.—

II Transf.

A Picturesque, fine (very rare): eminentes expressiones graphicoteram efficient in aspectu delectationem (Gr. compar. grafikwteran), Vitr. 4, 4.—

B Of persons, exquisite, elegant, masterly, notable, skilful: graphicum mortalem Antiphonem! Plaut. Stich. 4, 1, 64; cf. id. Ps. 1, 5, 104; 2, 4, 9: nugator, id. Trin. 4, 2, 91: fur, id. ib. 4, 3, 17: servus, id. Ep. 3, 3, 29.—Hence, adv.: gră-phĭce.

A Picturesquely: versibus satis munde atque graphice factis describere, Gell. 10, 17, 2; 12, 4, 1.—

B In gen., finely, beautifully, nicely, exactly: obunctis oculis, App. M. 8, p. 214, 5: tum hanc hospitam crepidula ut graphice decet! Plaut. Pers. 4, 2, 3; cf. id. Trin. 3, 3, 38: nunc ego huic graphice facetus flam, id. Pers. 2, 2, 5.

In the wild

graphicus Plautus, Pseudolus 2.4
graphice Aulus Gellius, Noctes Atticae 10.17.2
graphice Plautus, Trinummus 3.3
graphice Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.31
graphicum Plautus, Pseudolus 1.5
graphice Plautus, Persa 4.2

6 of 14 attestations shown.

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. graphicus (scan p. 305; entry #4801).

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