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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

Declension

First/Second declension
Masculine Feminine Neuter
SingularNominative ά̓ρρητος ἄρρήτη ά̓ρρητον
Genitive ἀρρήτου ἄρρήτης ἀρρήτου
Dative ἀρρήτῳ ἄρρήτῃ ἀρρήτῳ
Accusative ά̓ρρητον ἄρρήτην ά̓ρρητον
Vocative ά̓ρρητε ἄρρήτη ά̓ρρητον
DualN/A/V ἀρρήτω ἄρρήτᾱ ἀρρήτω
G/D ἀρρήτοιν ἄρρήταιν ἀρρήτοιν
PluralNominative ά̓ρρητοι ά̓́ρρηται ά̓ρρητα
Genitive ἀρρήτων ἄρρητῶν ἀρρήτων
Dative ἀρρήτοις ἄρρήταις ἀρρήτοις
Accusative ἀρρήτους ἄρρήτᾱς ά̓ρρητα
Vocative ά̓ρρητοι ά̓́ρρηται ά̓ρρητα
Positive Comparative Superlative
Adjective ά̓ρρητος ἀρρήτου ἀρρητότερος ἀρρητοτέρου ἀρρητότατος ἀρρητοτάτου
Adverb ἀρρήτως ἀρρητότερον ἀρρητότατα

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

  • οὔτε γὰρ οἱο͂ν ἡδονὴ περιφανὴσ ἦν οὔτε κατ’ ἀνθρωπίνην σωφροσύνην ἔφησθα ἂν εἶναι αὐτὸ, ἀλλ’ ἦν τισ ἄρρητοσ εὐθυμία, πάντα δεύτερα τοῦ παρόντοσ καιροῦ τιθεμένη, ὥστε οὐδ’ ὁρῶν τὰ ἄλλα ἐδόκουν ὁρᾶν· (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 6:2)
  • ἠρέμει δὲ οὐδὲν τοῦ σώματοσ οὐδὲ μικρόν τι παρήλλαττε τοῦ κατὰ φύσιν, ἀλλ’ ἦν ἐπὶ πλεῖστον ἡ κίνησισ καὶ ἡ τῶν ὀδυνῶν κατάτασισ ἄρρητοσ, οὔτε σιωπᾶν ἐῶσα καὶ πρὸσ τὴν φωνὴν ἔτι μεῖζον ἀπαντῶσα. (Aristides, Aelius, Orationes, 5:9)

Synonyms

  1. unutterable

  2. shameful to be spoken

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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