write
write
v. trans.
P. and V. γρά̆φειν.
Write books, etc.: see compose.
Give an account of in writing: P. συγγράφειν (acc.).
Write poetry: Ar. and P. ποιεῖν.
Inscribe: Ar. and P. ἐπιγρά̆φειν, P. ἀναγράφειν.
Write down: Ar. and P. συγγρά̆φειν, P. and V. γρά̆φειν.
They wrote him down enemy of theirs and their allies: P. ἐχθρὸν αὑτῶν ἀνέγραψαν καὶ τῶν συμμάχων αὐτόν (Dem. 122).
Write in addition: Ar. and P. πᾰρᾰγρά̆φειν, P. προσγράφειν, προσπαραγράφειν.
Write in answer: see answer.Write in or on: P. and V. ἐγγρά̆φειν.
Which (wanderings) you must write on the recording tablets of your mind: V. ἣν (πλάνη) ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν (Aesch. P.V. 789; cp. Soph. Phil. 1325).
A tablet with signs written upon it: V. δέλτος ἐγγεγραμμένη συνθήματα (Soph. Trach. 157).
Write underneath: P. ὑπογράφειν (τί τινι).
v. trans.
P. and V. γρά̆φειν.
Write books, etc.: see compose.
Give an account of in writing: P. συγγράφειν (acc.).
Write poetry: Ar. and P. ποιεῖν.
Inscribe: Ar. and P. ἐπιγρά̆φειν, P. ἀναγράφειν.
Write down: Ar. and P. συγγρά̆φειν, P. and V. γρά̆φειν.
They wrote him down enemy of theirs and their allies: P. ἐχθρὸν αὑτῶν ἀνέγραψαν καὶ τῶν συμμάχων αὐτόν (Dem. 122).
Write in addition: Ar. and P. πᾰρᾰγρά̆φειν, P. προσγράφειν, προσπαραγράφειν.
Write in answer: see answer.Write in or on: P. and V. ἐγγρά̆φειν.
Which (wanderings) you must write on the recording tablets of your mind: V. ἣν (πλάνη) ἐγγράφου σὺ μνήμοσιν δέλτοις φρενῶν (Aesch. P.V. 789; cp. Soph. Phil. 1325).
A tablet with signs written upon it: V. δέλτος ἐγγεγραμμένη συνθήματα (Soph. Trach. 157).
Write underneath: P. ὑπογράφειν (τί τινι).
WRITE
scribere (general term): litteras scribere or facere (Plaut.; to form letters): dueere litterarum formas (Ruhnken. of children learning to write): hence to write a good hand or fine hand lepida manu facere litteras or scribere (after Plaut.): to write a bad wretched hand male negligenter exarare litteras [Vid: also HAND]: to write from a copy litterarum ductus sequi (Quint. 10 2 2); versus ad imitationem propositos describere (after Quint. 1 1 35): litteris consignare: litteris mandare: scriptura persequi (to note or put down in writing): in chartam conjicere (to put hastily upon paper): memoriae causa in libellum referre (to put down in a note-book in order to assist the memory): enotare (to note or put down in writing what one has just read or thought of): litteris custodire: memoriae prodere tradere (to commit to writing): conscribere (to compose in writing): To write down with abbreviations to write down in short hand (what another says) aliquid velocissime notis excipere: to write briefly breviter describere exponere complecti: to write fully copiously stilo uberiore explicare: to write in verse versibus describere persequi: well written verbis apte comprehensus et conclusus: to write for one’s livelihood calamo victum quaeritare (after Ter. Andr. 1 1 48): to write a letter scribere or conscribere epistolam (to compose a letter with reference to the contents or substance of the letter; whereas scribere litteras e.g. manu sua refers to the manual act of writing): to write (a letter) to anybody (a) absolutely litteras ad aliquem dare or mittere (☞ but not litteras scribere or simply scribere ad aliquem or alicui): to write fully or at length to anybody litteras dare ad aliquem plurimis verbis scriptas; ad aliquem uberiores litteras mittere; (b) with notice of the contents of the letter litteras mittere (to send a letter to; with an accusative and infinitive when the letter contains only statements or information but with ut and the conjunct when the letter contains a command charge etc.); scribere alicui or ad aliquem (to inform or enjoin by letter; with an accusative and infinitive or with ut and a conjunction according to the nature of the communication as before); aliquem per litteras certiorem faeere de aliqua re (or with an accusative and infinitive to give intelligence of anything by letter): to write concerning anybody or anything scribere de aliquo or de aliqua re; to anybody alicui or ad aliquem (general term) epistolam conscribere de aliqua re; to anybody alicui (if by letter); librum scribere de aliqua re (a book): to write against anybody scribere in or adversus aliquem (general term); librum edere contra aliquem (to publish a book against anybody): to write to one another to correspond by writing litteras dare et accipere: to write back (in reply) litteras rescribere or respondere: to write one’s self as = assume such or such a title or character in writing se scribere aliquem (e.g. se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit Liv. 4 20 quite at the end); alicui est nomen (with a nominative or dative more rarely a genitive of the name): his name is written with a d *nomen ejus habet litteram d: to read a written reply ex libello respondere (Plin. Ep. 5 6 5): to preach a written sermon etc. de scripto dicere (Cic.) or orationem sermonem ex libello habere (cf. Suet. Oct. 84): to write out perscribere (to write fully and accurately); exscribere; transcribere (to transcribe); transcribere; transferre (to transfer from one book to another).
To compose (a book) (librum) scribere or conscribere; edere (to publish).
ImPROP. Anything is written on anybody’s forehead aliquid ex ore ac fronte alicujus pernoscere potes (after Cic. Fat. 5 10).
scribere (general term): litteras scribere or facere (Plaut.; to form letters): dueere litterarum formas (Ruhnken. of children learning to write): hence to write a good hand or fine hand lepida manu facere litteras or scribere (after Plaut.): to write a bad wretched hand male negligenter exarare litteras [Vid: also HAND]: to write from a copy litterarum ductus sequi (Quint. 10 2 2); versus ad imitationem propositos describere (after Quint. 1 1 35): litteris consignare: litteris mandare: scriptura persequi (to note or put down in writing): in chartam conjicere (to put hastily upon paper): memoriae causa in libellum referre (to put down in a note-book in order to assist the memory): enotare (to note or put down in writing what one has just read or thought of): litteris custodire: memoriae prodere tradere (to commit to writing): conscribere (to compose in writing): To write down with abbreviations to write down in short hand (what another says) aliquid velocissime notis excipere: to write briefly breviter describere exponere complecti: to write fully copiously stilo uberiore explicare: to write in verse versibus describere persequi: well written verbis apte comprehensus et conclusus: to write for one’s livelihood calamo victum quaeritare (after Ter. Andr. 1 1 48): to write a letter scribere or conscribere epistolam (to compose a letter with reference to the contents or substance of the letter; whereas scribere litteras e.g. manu sua refers to the manual act of writing): to write (a letter) to anybody (a) absolutely litteras ad aliquem dare or mittere (☞ but not litteras scribere or simply scribere ad aliquem or alicui): to write fully or at length to anybody litteras dare ad aliquem plurimis verbis scriptas; ad aliquem uberiores litteras mittere; (b) with notice of the contents of the letter litteras mittere (to send a letter to; with an accusative and infinitive when the letter contains only statements or information but with ut and the conjunct when the letter contains a command charge etc.); scribere alicui or ad aliquem (to inform or enjoin by letter; with an accusative and infinitive or with ut and a conjunction according to the nature of the communication as before); aliquem per litteras certiorem faeere de aliqua re (or with an accusative and infinitive to give intelligence of anything by letter): to write concerning anybody or anything scribere de aliquo or de aliqua re; to anybody alicui or ad aliquem (general term) epistolam conscribere de aliqua re; to anybody alicui (if by letter); librum scribere de aliqua re (a book): to write against anybody scribere in or adversus aliquem (general term); librum edere contra aliquem (to publish a book against anybody): to write to one another to correspond by writing litteras dare et accipere: to write back (in reply) litteras rescribere or respondere: to write one’s self as = assume such or such a title or character in writing se scribere aliquem (e.g. se A. Cornelium Cossum consulem scripserit Liv. 4 20 quite at the end); alicui est nomen (with a nominative or dative more rarely a genitive of the name): his name is written with a d *nomen ejus habet litteram d: to read a written reply ex libello respondere (Plin. Ep. 5 6 5): to preach a written sermon etc. de scripto dicere (Cic.) or orationem sermonem ex libello habere (cf. Suet. Oct. 84): to write out perscribere (to write fully and accurately); exscribere; transcribere (to transcribe); transcribere; transferre (to transfer from one book to another).
To compose (a book) (librum) scribere or conscribere; edere (to publish).
ImPROP. Anything is written on anybody’s forehead aliquid ex ore ac fronte alicujus pernoscere potes (after Cic. Fat. 5 10).
γράφω
γράφω, γράψω, ἔγραψα, γέγραφα, γέγραμμαι, ἐγράφην, write, draw
write in two ways
εὐριπιδαριστοφανίζω
write in the style of Euripides and Aristophanes
λογοποιέω
to invent stories, to write, compose
προσεπιγράφω
to write on besides
πυξογραφέω
write
σιλλογραφέω
write
ταὐτογραφέω
write in the same way
τερατογραφέω
write of τέρατα
ἀνθηρογραφέω
write in a florid style
ὁλογραφέω
write at full length
ὁμογραφέω
write in the same manner
γράφω, γράψω, ἔγραψα, γέγραφα, γέγραμμαι, ἐγράφην, write, draw
appearing fewer than 50 times
διχογραφέωwrite in two ways
εὐριπιδαριστοφανίζω
write in the style of Euripides and Aristophanes
λογοποιέω
to invent stories, to write, compose
προσεπιγράφω
to write on besides
πυξογραφέω
write
σιλλογραφέω
write
ταὐτογραφέω
write in the same way
τερατογραφέω
write of τέρατα
ἀνθηρογραφέω
write in a florid style
ὁλογραφέω
write at full length
ὁμογραφέω
write in the same manner