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

  • Ὀρεία ποτὲ δρομάδι κώ‐ λῳ μάτηρ θεῶν ἐσύθη ἀν’ ὑλάεντα νάπη ποτάμιόν τε χεῦμ’ ὑδάτων βαρύβρομόν τε κῦμ’ ἅλιον πόθῳ τᾶσ ἀποιχομένασ ἀρρήτου κούρασ. (Euripides, Helen, choral, strophe 11)
  • Αὐσονὶσ ἀρρήτου σοφίησ ἐθρέψατο Σειρήν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 2, chapter 1 61:1)
  • δεξιτερὴν Αἴδαο θεοῦ χέρα καὶ τὰ κελαινὰ ὄμνυμεν ἀρρήτου δέμνια Περσεφόνησ, παρθένοι ὡσ ἔτυμον καὶ ὑπὸ χθονί· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume II, book 7, chapter 3521)
  • Καὶ ὁ μὲν τάραχοσ ἐπέπαυτο, μῖσοσ δὲ ἄρρητον ἐξ ἀρρήτου εὐνοίασ τοῦ δήμου πρὸσ τὸν Ἀντώνιον ἐγήγερτο. (Appian, The Civil Wars, book 3, chapter 1 4:1)

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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