A.one who paints from life or from nature, Hdt.2.46, Pl.Grg.448c, 453c, Lg.656e, etc.: metaph., “πολιτειῶν ζ.” Id.R.501c: generally, painter, Luc.Herod.4, Epigr.41. (ζωγρ- without iota, PSI4.346, 407 (iii B.C.), SIG682.3 (ii B.C.), Pap. in Abh.Berl.Akad.1904(2).6(ii B.C.), EM 412.53: so “ζωγραφία” SIG960.13 (ii B.C.), Phld.Rh.2.166S.)
ζώγρα^φ-ος , ὁ, (ζωός or ζωή, γράφω)