Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

ἄρρητος

First/Second declension Adjective; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄρρητος ἄρρητη ἄρρητον

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

Sense

  1. unspoken, unsaid
  2. not to be spoken, not to be divulged, sacred
  3. unutterable, inexpressible, horrible, "deeds without a name, "
  4. shameful to be spoken, "dicenda tacenda
  5. irrational quantities, surds

Examples

  • εἰ δ’ ὅτι καὶ δυσῶδεσ οὐχ ἕνα τρόπον ἀλλ’ ἐν πολλαῖσ πάνυ διαφοραῖσ ἀρρήτοισ μὲν λόγῳ, σαφεστάταισ δ’ αἰσθήσεσι φαίνεται γιγνόμενον, εἰδείη τισ, οὐκ ἂν οἶμαι μετρίωσ ἔτι καταγνώσεσθαι τῆσ Ἐρασιστράτου Ῥᾳθυμίασ αὐτὸν οὕτω γ’ ἀναγκαίαν εἰσ τὰ ἔργα τῆσ τέχνησ θεωρίαν παραλιπόντοσ. (Galen, On the Natural Faculties., B, section 811)
  • ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐπ’ ἀρρήτοισ γε τοῖσ ἐμοῖσ λόγοισ. (Sophocles, Antigone, episode, anapests 2:1)
  • τοῦτον ὑμνοῦσι παῖδεσ σοφῶν ἐν ἀρρήτοισ τελεταῖσ Ἥρασ καὶ Διὸσ εὐδαίμονα γάμον. (Dio, Chrysostom, Orationes, 98:2)
  • ὅσα μὲν δὴ θέασ ἐχόμενα εἶδον γενεαὶ παμπληθεῖσ εὐδαιμόνων ἀνδρῶν καὶ γυναικῶν ἐν τοῖσ ἀρρήτοισ φάσμασιν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 2:1)

Synonyms

  1. unutterable

  2. shameful to be spoken

Related

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

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