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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

Declension

First/Second declension
M/F Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓γραφος ά̓γραφον
Genitive ἀγράφου ἀγράφου
Dative ἀγράφῳ ἀγράφῳ
Accusative ά̓γραφον ά̓γραφον
Vocative ά̓γραφε ά̓γραφον
DualN/A/V ἀγράφω ἀγράφω
G/D ἀγράφοιν ἀγράφοιν
PluralNominative ά̓γραφοι ά̓γραφα
Genitive ἀγράφων ἀγράφων
Dative ἀγράφοις ἀγράφοις
Accusative ἀγράφους ά̓γραφα
Vocative ά̓γραφοι ά̓γραφα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓γραφος ἀγράφου ἀγραφώτερος ἀγραφωτέρου ἀγραφώτατος ἀγραφωτάτου
Adverb ἀγράφως ἀγραφώτερον ἀγραφώτατα

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ἐδήλου γὰρ ὡσ καὶ αὐτὸσ ἂν τὰ ὅμοια ἔπραξεν ἐπ’ αὐτοῖσ, εἰ μὴ καὶ ἐν διαθήκαισ ταῦτα ἐνεγέγραπτο, ἀλλὰ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων ἧκεν ἂν ἄγραφοσ κληρονόμοσ τῶν τοιούτων. (Lucian, Toxaris vel amicitia, (no name) 23:8)
  • "διὸ καὶ νόμοσ ἀδείασ ἄγραφόσ ἐστιν αὐτοῖσ· (Plutarch, Septem sapientium convivium, chapter, section 19 2:20)
  • Ἔστι δὲ τὸ ἔθοσ γνώμη μὲν τῶν χρωμένων κοινή, νόμοσ δὲ ἄγραφοσ ἔθνουσ ἢ πόλεωσ, δίκαιον δὲ ἑκούσιον, κατὰ ταὐτὰ πᾶσιν ἀρέσκον, εὑρ́ημα δὲ ἀνθρώπων οὐδενόσ, ἀλλὰ βίου καὶ χρόνου. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 2:1)
  • καὶ περὶ ὑέοσ ἢ θυγατρὸσ ὁ αὐτὸσ νόμοσ ἄγραφοσ ὢν ὡσ οἱο͂́ν τε ἱκανώτατα φυλάττει μήτε φανερῶσ μήτε λάθρᾳ συγκαθεύδοντα ἤ πωσ ἄλλωσ ἀσπαζόμενον ἅπτεσθαι τούτων· (Plato, Laws, book 8 62:5)
  • ὁ μὲν γὰρ αὐτοῦ γεγραμμένοσ, ὁ δὲ ἄγραφοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, G, PLATWN 85:2)

Synonyms

  1. unwritten

  2. Not registered

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