Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἀποφράς

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Principal Part: ἀποφράς

Etym.: fra/zw

Sense

  1. not to be mentioned

Examples

  • "’ Τοῦτ’ ἀκούσασ ὁ σοφιστὴσ τὴν ἀποφράδα ὥσ τι ξένον καὶ ἀλλότριον τῶν Ἑλλήνων ὄνομα ἐγέλα εὐθὺσ καὶ τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦ πάλαι ἐκείνου γέλωτοσ ἠμύνετο, ὡσ γοῦν ᾤετο, καὶ πρὸσ ἅπαντασ ἔλεγεν, ’ ἀποφράσ, τί δὲ τοῦτό ἐστι; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 5:17)
  • "ἆρα τῶν ἐσθιομένων ἢ πινομένων τί ἐστιν ἀποφρὰσ ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 5:19)
  • εἰπὲ γάρ μοι, πρὸσ πανδήμου καὶ Γενετυλλίδων καὶ Κυβήβησ πῇ σοι μεμπτὸν καὶ γέλωτοσ ἄξιον τοὔνομα εἶναι ἔδοξεν ἡ ἀποφρὰσ ; (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 8:1)
  • ἰδού, καὶ μεμάθηκασ ἤδη ὁδοῦ πάρεργον τί βούλεται αὐτοῖσ ἡ ἀποφρὰσ ἡμέρα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 9:1)
  • Ὅταν μήτε αἱ ἀρχαὶ χρηματίζωσι μήτε εἰσαγώγιμοι αἱ δίκαι ὦσι μήτε τὰ ἱερὰ ἱερουργῆται μήθ’ ὅλωσ τι τῶν αἰσίων τελῆται, αὕτη ἀποφρὰσ ἡμέρα. (Lucian, Pseudologista, (no name) 9:2)

Synonyms

  1. not to be mentioned

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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