ζωγράφος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ζωός (zōós, “alive”, “living”) or ζωή (zōḗ, “living”, “life”) +‎ -γρᾰ́φος (-grắphos, “drawer”, “painter”, “writer”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/ → /zoˈɣra.ɸos/ → /zoˈɣra.fos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /zdɔː.ɡrá.pʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /zoˈɡra.pʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /zoˈɣra.ɸos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /zoˈɣra.fos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /zoˈɣra.fos/

Noun

ζωγρᾰ́φος • (zōgrắphos) m (genitive ζωγρᾰ́φου); second declension

1. one who paints from life or from nature
   1. in metaphorical use
2. (generally) a painter

Declension

Second declension of ὁ ζωγρᾰ́φος; τοῦ ζωγρᾰ́φου (Attic)

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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ζωγρᾰφεῖον (zōgrăpheîon)
• ζωγρᾰφέω (zōgrăphéō)
• ζωγρᾰ́φημᾰ (zōgrắphēmă)
• ζωγρᾰφητός (zōgrăphētós)
• ζωγρᾰφῐ́ᾱ (zōgrăphĭ́ā)
• ζωγρᾰφῐ́δες (zōgrăphĭ́des)
• ζωγρᾰφῐκός (zōgrăphĭkós)

Descendants

• Greek: ζωγράφος (zográfos)
  • →⇒? Albanian: zugrafetë
  • → Romanian: zugrav

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.
  • artist idem, page 42.
  • painter idem, page 589.

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)

1. (art) painter, artist

Declension

Declension of ζωγράφος

	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

• →⇒? Albanian: zugrafetë
• → Romanian: zugrav

Further reading

• ζωγράφος on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el