Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• γράθμα ‎(gráthma) (Doric)

Noun

γράμμα • ‎(grámma) n ‎(genitive γράμματος); third declension

1. that which is written, that which is drawn, picture
2. letter
3. (in plural) alphabet
4. writing, book

Inflection

Derived terms

• γρᾰμμᾰτῐκός ‎(grammatikós)
• γραμματιστής ‎(grammatistḗs)

References

• γράμμα in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γράμμα in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «γράμμα» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• «γράμμα» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• “G1121”, in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• «γράμμα» 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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • article idem, page 42.
  • clause idem, page 136.
  • condition idem, page 157.
  • epitaph idem, page 279.
  • label idem, page 472.
  • picture idem, page 611.
  • proviso idem, page 655.
  • scene idem, page 738.
  • sketch idem, page 780.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣra.ma/

Noun

γράμμα • ‎(grámma) n ‎(plural γράμματα)

1. letter (written or printed symbol)
2. (computing) character
3. (plural) literature, letters

   Tα γράμματα και οι τέχνες.‎ ― Ta grámmata kai oi téchnes. ― Literature and the arts

4. letter (communication)

Declension

Synonyms

• (character): χαρακτήρας m ‎(charaktíras)
• (literature): λογοτεχνία f ‎(logotechnía)
• (communication): επιστολή f ‎(epistolí)

Related terms

• γραμματική f ‎(grammatikí, “grammar”)
• γραμμένος ‎(gramménos, “written”)
• γραμματέας m, f ‎(grammatéas, “secretary”)
• κορώνα ή γράμματα ‎(koróna í grámmata, “heads or tails”)

• and see: γραμματεία f ‎(grammateía, “secretariat”)