συγγράφω
Ancient Greek
verb
Definitions
- (transitive) write down; describe
- (middle) to have something written down
- compose (something in prose: a writing, book, speech)
- (middle) to draw up or to sign (a contract, bond, treaty); to promise
- (active) to draw up a motion to be submitted to a vote
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek γράφω (write, draw, I write, scratch, describe, graze, scrape, paintVerb).
Origin
Ancient Greek
γράφω
Gloss
write, draw, I write, scratch, describe, graze, scrape, paintVerb
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
書
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -grapher English
- graph English
- graphism English
- graphology English
- -graphia Latin
- graphium Latin
- -gráfia Hungarian
- -grafia Italian
- γράμμα Ancient Greek
- γράφω Ancient Greek
- γραφή Ancient Greek
- γραφεύς Ancient Greek
- διάγραμμα Ancient Greek
- λογογράφος Ancient Greek
- παράγραφος Ancient Greek
- συγγραφή Ancient Greek
- συγγραφοδιαθήκη Ancient Greek
- τοπογράφος Ancient Greek
- χρονογράφος Ancient Greek
- ὁμόγραφος Ancient Greek
- ὑμνογράφος Ancient Greek
- *gerbʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- -graf Norwegian Bokmål
- -grafia Portuguese
- -graf Norwegian Nynorsk
- grafit Danish
- -graf Czech
- -grafie Czech
- graf Czech
- -grafia Catalan, Valencian
- γράφω Greek (modern)
- γραπτός Greek (modern)
- جَارْفَا Andalusian Arabic
- *grəpʰō Proto-Hellenic