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

  • οὐ δύναται μέλψαι χαρίτων πολυδαίδαλον αἴγλην οἱο͂σ μὲν προβέβηκε βαθυρρίζοισι θεμέθλοισ, νέρθεν ἀναθρώσκων καὶ αἰθέροσ ἄστρα διώκων οἱο͂σ δ’ ἀντολίησ μηκύνεται ἐσ δύσιν ἑρ́πων, ἀρρήτωσ Φαέθοντοσ ὑπαστράπτων ἀμαρυγαῖσ, τῇ καὶ τῇ πλευρῇσι· (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 1, chapter 10 10:1)
  • Εἰσὶ δὲ οἳ κατατρέχουσι τοῦ Χρυσίππου ὡσ πολλὰ αἰσχρῶσ καὶ ἀρρήτωσ ἀναγεγραφότοσ. (Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers, ISTORIWN Z, Kef. z'. XRGSIPPOS 9:14)

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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