Γράφεται

puts in writing, indicts

Translated by Jennifer Benedict18 Jul 2002Vetting: high2 revisions

5 words

Meaning [he/she/it] writes, or prosecutes.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Γράφεται· ἀντὶ τοῦ γράφει, ἢ κατηγορεῖ.

Betacode

*gra/fetai: a)nti\ tou= gra/fei, h)\ kathgorei=.

The headword (which must be quoted from somewhere) is in the middle voice of the verb graphein, to write; it had a technical legal sense -- to initiate a graphe (gamma 439, gamma 440) -- as well as as an everyday one.