Ancient Greek

Noun

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

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

Declension

Derived terms

Descendants

• Greek: ζωγράφος ‎(zográfos)

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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • artist idem, page 42.
  • painter idem, page 589.

Greek

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek ζωγρᾰ́φος ‎(zōgráphos).

Noun

ζωγράφος • ‎(zográfos) m, f ‎(plural ζωγράφοι)

1. (art) painter, artist

Declension

Synonyms

• καλλιτέχνης m, f ‎(kallitéchnis)