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ἄγραφος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγραφος ἄγραφος ἄγραφον

Structure: ἀ (Prefix) + γραφ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: gra/fw

Sense

  1. unwritten
  2. Not registered, not recorded

Examples

  • πρὸσ δὲ τοὺσ ἄλλουσ οὐ παντάπασιν ἦν ἔξαρνοσ, ἀλλ’ οὔτε γράψασ οὔτ’ ἄγραφα κομιδῇ λέγειν ὡμολόγει. (Plutarch, Demosthenes, chapter 8 4:2)
  • λέγω δὲ ἴδιον μὲν καθ’ ὃν γεγραμμένον πολιτεύονται, κοινὸν δὲ ὅσα ἄγραφα παρὰ πᾶσιν ὁμολογεῖσθαι δοκεῖ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 10 3:4)
  • ἐπεὶ δὲ τῶν δικαίων καὶ τῶν ἀδίκων ἦν δύο εἴδη τὰ μὲν γὰρ γεγραμμένα τὰ δ’ ἄγραφα, περὶ ὧν μὲν οἱ νόμοι ἀγορεύουσιν εἴρηται, τῶν δ’ ἀγράφων δύο ἔστιν εἴδη· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 13 11:1)
  • καὶ ὃ παρὰ τὰ ἄγραφα δίκαια· (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 14 7:1)
  • τὰ μὲν οὖν γεγραμμένα ἐξ ἀνάγκησ, τὰ δ’ ἄγραφα οὔ. (Aristotle, Rhetoric, Book 1, chapter 14 7:3)

Synonyms

  1. unwritten

  2. Not registered

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