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ἀπόρρητος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀπόρρητος ἀπόρρητη ἀπόρρητον

Structure: ἀπορρητ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: a)perw=

Sense

  1. forbidden, though it was forbidden, prohibited exports, contraband articles
  2. not to be spoken, that should not be spoken, secret, dicenda tacenda, a state-secret
  3. ineffable
  4. unfit to be spoken, abominable

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ἀπόρρητος ἀπόρρήτη ἀπόρρητον
Genitive ἀπορρήτου ἀπόρρήτης ἀπορρήτου
Dative ἀπορρήτῳ ἀπόρρήτῃ ἀπορρήτῳ
Accusative ἀπόρρητον ἀπόρρήτην ἀπόρρητον
Vocative ἀπόρρητε ἀπόρρήτη ἀπόρρητον
DualN/A/V ἀπορρήτω ἀπόρρήτᾱ ἀπορρήτω
G/D ἀπορρήτοιν ἀπόρρήταιν ἀπορρήτοιν
PluralNominative ἀπόρρητοι ἀπό́ρρηται ἀπόρρητα
Genitive ἀπορρήτων ἀπόρρητῶν ἀπορρήτων
Dative ἀπορρήτοις ἀπόρρήταις ἀπορρήτοις
Accusative ἀπορρήτους ἀπόρρήτᾱς ἀπόρρητα
Vocative ἀπόρρητοι ἀπό́ρρηται ἀπόρρητα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ἀπόρρητος ἀπορρήτου ἀπορρητότερος ἀπορρητοτέρου ἀπορρητότατος ἀπορρητοτάτου
Adverb ἀπορρήτως ἀπορρητότερον ἀπορρητότατα

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

  • ἐπεὶ δὲ ἦσαν ὑβρισταὶ καὶ λάλοι, ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ἔτι καὶ νῦν κολάζονται, ἄβατοσ δὲ τῷ θνητῷ γένει καὶ ἀπόρρητοσ ὁ οὐρανόσ. (Lucian, De sacrificiis, (no name) 9:6)
  • νῦν δὲ φάγοιμ’ ἄν, ὀρνιθικὴ γὰρ καὶ οὐκ ἀπόρρητοσ ἡμῖν ἡ τροφή. (Lucian, Gallus, (no name) 5:3)
  • "μυθεύουσιν ἐν Κρήτῃ γενέσθαι τὴν Διὸσ τέκνωσιν ἐπὶ τῆσ Δίκτησ, ἐν ᾗ καὶ ἀπόρρητοσ γίνεται θυσία, λέγεται γὰρ ὡσ ἄρα Διὶ θηλὴν ὑπέσχεν ὗσ καὶ τῷ σφετέρῳ γρυσμῷ περιοιχνεῦσα τὸν κνυζηθμὸν τοῦ βρέφεοσ ἀνεπάιστον τοῖσ παριοῦσιν ἐτίθει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 9, book 9, chapter 182)
  • οὐ γὰρ ἄν τισ ἐξαριθμήσαιτο ῥᾳδίωσ ἄνδρασ τοσούτουσ ἀφροδισίων ἀκρασίᾳ πεπτωκότασ, ὅσασ πόλεισ καὶ ἡγεμονίασ λόγοσ ἐξενεχθεὶσ ἀπόρρητοσ ἀναστάτουσ ἐποίησε. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 7 2:1)
  • οὕτω λόγοσ ἐν τῷ πρώτῳ καταμένων ἀπόρρητοσ ὡσ ἀληθῶσ ἐστιν ἂν δ’ εἰσ ἕτερον ἐκβῇ φήμησ ἔσχε τάξιν. (Plutarch, De garrulitate, section 10 2:3)

Synonyms

  1. not to be spoken

  2. ineffable

Related

Similar forms

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

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