The corpus record

ζωγρᾰφ-ικός

zographikos

skilled in painting

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 1.05/10k
Theaetetus 1 · 0.44/10k
Lives of Eminent Philosophers 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant — LSJ

skilled in painting, the art of painting, connected with painting, used by painters

skilled in painting, Pl. Tht. 145a, X. Smp. 4.21: ἡ -κή (sc. τέχνη) the art of painting, D.S. 14.46; connected with painting, used by painters, γένη BGU 10.11 (ii A.D.); ἀσβολή Dsc. 5.162. Adv. -κῶς S.E. M. 11.255.

In the wild

ζωγραφικῆς · zōgraphikēs Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers 4.3 (DIORISIS sentence 3269)
ζωγραφικὸς · zōgraphikos Plato, Theaetetus 145
ζωγραφικὸς · zōgraphikos Xenophon, Symposium 4.21 (DIORISIS sentence 302)

Where it came from

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