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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

  • τὰ μὲν οὖν ἐσ τὴν ῥοιὰν ‐ ἀπορρητότεροσ γάρ ἐστιν ὁ λόγοσ ‐ ἀφείσθω μοι· (Pausanias, Description of Greece, , chapter 17 6:3)

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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