ζωγράφος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ζωός (zōós, “alive”, “living”) or ζωή (zōḗ, “living”, “life”) + -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos, “drawer”, “painter”, “writer”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /zdɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /zoˈɡra.pʰos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /zoˈɣra.ɸos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /zoˈɣra.fos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /zoˈɣra.fos/
Noun
ζωγρᾰ́φος • (zōgrắphos) m (genitive ζωγρᾰ́φου); second declension
- one who paints from life or from nature
- in metaphorical use
- (generally) a painter
Declension
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | ὁ ζωγρᾰ́φος ho zōgrắphos |
τὼ ζωγρᾰ́φω tṑ zōgrắphō |
οἱ ζωγρᾰ́φοι hoi zōgrắphoi | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ ζωγρᾰ́φου toû zōgrắphou |
τοῖν ζωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn zōgrắphoin |
τῶν ζωγρᾰ́φων tôn zōgrắphōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ ζωγρᾰ́φῳ tōî zōgrắphōi |
τοῖν ζωγρᾰ́φοιν toîn zōgrắphoin |
τοῖς ζωγρᾰ́φοις toîs zōgrắphois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸν ζωγρᾰ́φον tòn zōgrắphon |
τὼ ζωγρᾰ́φω tṑ zōgrắphō |
τοὺς ζωγρᾰ́φους toùs zōgrắphous | ||||||||||
| Vocative | ζωγρᾰ́φε zōgrắphe |
ζωγρᾰ́φω zōgrắphō |
ζωγρᾰ́φοι zōgrắphoi | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ζωγρᾰφεῖον (zōgrăpheîon)
- ζωγρᾰφέω (zōgrăphéō)
- ζωγρᾰ́φημᾰ (zōgrắphēmă)
- ζωγρᾰφητός (zōgrăphētós)
- ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgrăphĭ́ā)
- ζωγρᾰφῐ́δες (zōgrăphĭ́des)
- ζωγρᾰφῐκός (zōgrăphĭkós)
Descendants
References
- “ζώγρᾰφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ζωγράφος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ζωγράφος in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
Greek
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰ́φος (zōgrắphos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zoˈɣɾa.fos/
- Hyphenation: ζω‧γρά‧φος
Noun
ζωγράφος • (zográfos) m or f (plural ζωγράφοι)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ζωγράφος (zográfos) | ζωγράφοι (zográfoi) |
| genitive | ζωγράφου (zográfou) | ζωγράφων (zográfon) |
| accusative | ζωγράφο (zográfo) | ζωγράφους (zográfous) |
| vocative | ζωγράφε (zográfe) | ζωγράφοι (zográfoi) |
Synonyms
- καλλιτέχνης m or f (kallitéchnis)
Descendants
Further reading
- ζωγράφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el