γραφή
Etym. γράφω
"representation by means of lines":
I. "drawing or delineation", Hdt.; of "painting", id=Hdt., Plat.
2. "a drawing, painting, picture", ὅσον γραφῆι only "in a picture", Hdt.; πρέπουσα ὡς ἐν γραφαῖς Aesch.
II. "writing, the art of writing", Plat.
2. "a writing", Soph.: "a letter", Thuc.; so in pl., like γράμματα, Eur.: ψευδεῖς γρ. false "statements", id=Eur.
III. （γράφομαι) as attic law-term, "an indictment" in a public prosecution, "a criminal prosecution" undertaken by the state, opp. to δίκη (a private action), Plat., etc.