διαγραφή

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From δῐᾰγρᾰ́φω (diagráphō, “to mark out lines, delineate”) +‎ -ή (-ḗ).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/ → /ði.a.ɣraˈɸi/ → /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡra.pʰɛ̌ː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /di.a.ɡraˈpʰe̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈɸi/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ði.a.ɣraˈfi/

Noun

δῐᾰγρᾰφή • (diagraphḗ) f (genitive δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς); first declension

1. delineation, outline, scheme
2. (in the plural) plans, specifications of a building
3. table, syllabus
4. register, description of goods sold, list of articles
5. decree, ordinance
6. (of a debt) crossing out, cancelling, hence payment
7. certificate that such payment has been made
8. contract
9. levy, tax

Declension

First declension of ἡ δῐᾰγρᾰφή; τῆς δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ δῐᾰγρᾰφή hē diagraphḗ	τὼ δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ diagraphā́	αἱ δῐᾰγρᾰφαί hai diagraphaí
Genitive	τῆς δῐᾰγρᾰφῆς tês diagraphês	τοῖν δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖν toîn diagraphaîn	τῶν δῐᾰγρᾰφῶν tôn diagraphôn
Dative	τῇ δῐᾰγρᾰφῇ têi diagraphêi	τοῖν δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖν toîn diagraphaîn	ταῖς δῐᾰγρᾰφαῖς taîs diagraphaîs
Accusative	τὴν δῐᾰγρᾰφήν tḕn diagraphḗn	τὼ δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ tṑ diagraphā́	τᾱ̀ς δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ς tā̀s diagraphā́s
Vocative	δῐᾰγρᾰφή diagraphḗ	δῐᾰγρᾰφᾱ́ diagraphā́	δῐᾰγρᾰφαί diagraphaí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: diagraph
• → French: diagraphe

Further reading

• “διαγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “διαγραφή”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• διαγραφή in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• διαγραφή in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)