ἄγραφος
agraphos
unwritten
Appears 12 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
ἄγραφος, ον, A. unwritten, μνήμη 2.43; ἄ. διαθῆκαι nuncupatory wills, Cor. 9; ἄ. κληρονόμος Tox. 23; ἄγραφα λέγειν to speak without book, Dem. 8. Adv. -φως, κατὰ μνήμης σῴζεσθαι in Prm.p.553 II. ἄ. δίκαιον, moral or equitable justice, EN 1162b22; ἄ. νόμοι or νόμιμα unwritten laws: 1. laws of nature, τοῖς ἀ. νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι 18.275, cf. EN 1180b1. 2. laws of custom, 2.37; ἄ. νόμιμα Lg. 793a, cf. Rh. 1373b5; ἄγραφα, τά, ib.1368b9; ἄ. ἀδίκημα a crime not recognized by law, 3. religious traditions, as of the Eumolpidae, 6.10. III. not registered, ἄ. πόλεις (in a treaty) 1.40; ἄ. γάμοι without written contract, CPR 18.30 (ii A.D. Adv. -ως ibid., POxy. 267.19(i A.D.)); ἄ. συνουσίαι not written down, in Ph. 513.30; συναλλαγματογραφίαι PTeb. 1.140; ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα neither catalogued nor weighed, IG 2.652B2; hence ἄγραφα, τά, sundries, 112.104 (ii B. C.), al. 2. ἄ. μέταλλα mines not registered, but worked clandestinely, s.v. IV. without inscription, 2.754, al.—Prose word.
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