Ancient Greek

Noun

γρᾰμμή • ‎(grammḗ) f ‎(genitive γρᾰμμῆς); first declension

1. a stroke or line of a pen, a line as in mathematical figures
   1. (in forming letters) a line traced by a teacher
   2. an outline
2. a line across the course, a starting- or winning-point
   1. used metaphorically of life
   2. a boundary-line, an edge
   3. the cutting edge of a knife
3. a line or square on a chequer-board
4. (law) the “long line”, i.e. a death sentence
5. (medicine) linea alba
   1. Synonym of ζέα
      • Hippiatr. 1

Declension

Synonyms

• (line across the course, starting- or winning-point): βαλβίς ‎(balbís)
• (“long line”, death sentence): μακρά

Antonyms

• (outline): σκιά ‎(skiá)

Derived terms

• γρᾰμμαί ‎(grammaí)
• γρᾰμμῐκός ‎(grammikós)
• διὰ γραμμῆς παίζω ‎(dià grammês paízō)
• τὸν ἀπὸ γραμμᾶς κινέω λίθον ‎(tòn apò grammâs kinéō líthon)

Descendants

• Greek: γραμμή ‎(grammí)

References

• γραμμή in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• γραμμή in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• «γραμμή» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• «γραμμή» in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (© 2006–2016)
• «γραμμή» 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.
  • goal idem, page 364.
  • line idem, page 492.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek γρᾰμμή ‎(grammḗ).

Noun

γραμμή • ‎(grammí) f ‎(plural γραμμές)

1. line

   γραμμή τερματισμού‎ ― grammí termatismoú ― finishing line

Declension