γραφεῖον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

  • γραφίον (graphíon), γράφιον (gráphion)

Etymology

From γράφω (gráphō) +‎ -εῖον (-eîon).

Pronunciation

 

Noun

γρᾰφεῖον • (grăpheîon) n (genitive γρᾰφείου); second declension

  1. pencil
  2. paintbrush
  3. engraving tool, chisel
  4. registry, record office
  5. tax on writing materials
  6. (in the plural) fees for copying

Declension

Second declension of τὸ γρᾰφεῖον; τοῦ γρᾰφείου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ γρᾰφεῖον
tò grăpheîon 		τὼ γρᾰφείω
tṑ grăpheíō 		τᾰ̀ γρᾰφεῖᾰ
tằ grăpheîă
Genitive τοῦ γρᾰφείου
toû grăpheíou 		τοῖν γρᾰφείοιν
toîn grăpheíoin 		τῶν γρᾰφείων
tôn grăpheíōn
Dative τῷ γρᾰφείῳ
tōî grăpheíōi 		τοῖν γρᾰφείοιν
toîn grăpheíoin 		τοῖς γρᾰφείοις
toîs grăpheíois
Accusative τὸ γρᾰφεῖον
tò grăpheîon 		τὼ γρᾰφείω
tṑ grăpheíō 		τᾰ̀ γρᾰφεῖᾰ
tằ grăpheîă
Vocative γρᾰφεῖον
grăpheîon 		γρᾰφείω
grăpheíō 		γρᾰφεῖᾰ
grăpheîă
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: γραφείο (grafeío)
  • →? Albanian: gërfyell
  • → Latin: graphium (see there for further descendants)

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