A.capable of drawing or painting, Pl.Tht.144e, Ael.VH14.37: Comp., a better judge of painting, ib.2.3: -κή (sc. τέχνη), ἡ, the art of painting, Pl. Grg.450c, etc.
2. of things, as if painted, “Ἔρωτες” Plu.Ant.26 (so Adv. -κῶς ibid., 2.747c, Luc.Im.15); picturesque, “πρόσοψις” D.S.2.53.
II. of or for writing, suited for writing: -κή, ἡ, the art of writing, Hp.VM20; γ. λέξις, opp. ἀγωνιστική, Arist.Rh.1413b8; “δύναμις” Alcid.Soph.29; γ. ῥέεθρον, i.e. ink, AP6.63 (Damoch.); “κάλαμος” Gp.10.75.8, PGrenf.2.38.7 (i A. D.); “μέλαν” Gal.6.565; in writing, γ. ἁμάρτημα a clerical error, Plb.34.3.11.
2. skilled in writing, Arr. Epict.2.18.2; shorthand writer, IG14.1528.
3. able to describe, Plu.2.874b, Luc.Alex.3; of style, graphic, lively, D.H.Amm.1.4; ὑπόθεσις γ. a subject for description, Plu.Alex.17.