syngrăpha

I. a written agreement to pay, a promissory note, bond (cf. chirographum), Cic. Fam. 7, 17, 1; id. Att. 5, 21, 11 sq.; id. Phil. 2, 37, 95; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 13, § 30: ex syngraphā agere, id. Mur. 17, 35; Amm. 26, 3, 4.