grăphis, ĭdis and ĭdos, f., = γραφίς.
I A drawing-pencil , sketching-pen : pingere collibitum est: graphidem date, Ser. ap. Diom. p. 516 P.—
II Transf., drawing; a draught , design : architectum oportet graphidos scientiam habere, Vitr. 1, 1, 4: alias multa graphidis vestigia exstant in tabulis ac membranis ejus, Plin. 35, 10, 36, § 68.