graphio
Dictionary entries
- Entry →graphium, graphii:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Modern
- Field:
- Science
-graph; recording/measuring instrument; (usu. w/specifying prefix);
abl. sg.dat. sg. - Entry →graphium, graphi(i):
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
stylus, pen used for writing on wax tablets; modern pen (Cal);
abl. sg.dat. sg.
Examples
Liber IV
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...crudeles existimes nubes, digitum suum bene acuto graphio pungebat et hoc sanguine litabat; nec minus ab huius agello..."Divus Iulius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...vulnerat paulum infra iugulum. Caesar Cascae brachium arreptum graphio traiecit conatusque prosilire alio vulnere tardatus est; utque animadvertit..."Amores I
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...extremo littera rasa meos. Quid digitos opus est graphio lassare tenendo? hoc habeat scriptum tota tabella 'veni..."
