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συγγρᾰφ-ή

suggraphe · ἡ

writing, noting down, material for writing

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 18 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

συγγρᾰφ-ή · syngraph-ē — LSJ

writing, noting down, material for writing

writing or noting down, Hdt. 1.93; ἔχει συγγραφήν affords material for writing, Aristid. Or. 47(23).3.

II that which is written, writing, book, in prose: history, narrative

that which is written, writing, book, esp. in prose: history, narrative, ἡ Ἀττικὴ ξ. Th. 1.97, cf. Arr. An. 6.16.5, Paus. 10.19.5, etc.

2 draft decree, written contract, covenant, bond, bond to secure money, bond, covenant, contracted, specifications, contracts

draft decree drawn up by the συγγραφῆς (cf. συγγραφεύς II), IG 1(2).76.47; also written contract, covenant, bond, Hp. Jusj. 1, Th. 5.35, Pl. Lg. 953e, IG 12(7).67 B 76, al. (Amorgos, iv/iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 265.5, 666.6 (iii B.C.), etc.; σ. ναυτικαί bond to secure money lent on bottomry, D. 35.27, cf. 32.1,5; so in sg., Id. 34.6, 35.1; κατὰ τὰς σ. according to the bond or covenant, Lys. 30.17; ἀνδριάντʼ ἐκδεδωκὼς κατὰ σ. having contracted for its execution, D. 18.122; an architectʼs specificati

III mark

a mark in the eye, σ. ὕφαιμος, as definition of αἱμάλωψ, Erot. s.v. οὔρει αἱμαλῶδες.

In the wild

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Where it came from

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