graphium

Etymology

Latin graphium (“stylus”)

Noun

graphium (plural graphia)

1. A stylus (for writing).

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γραφεῖον (grapheîon), from γράφω (gráphō)

Noun

graphium n (genitive graphiī); second declension

1. stylus (for writing)
2. pen

References

• graphium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• graphium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• graphium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• graphium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• graphium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• graphium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin