ἄγραφος

agraphos

unwritten

Appears 6 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 3
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Book VII 1
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793a10
Book VIII 2
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838b1
841b3
Statesman 2
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295e5
298e1
Republic 1
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Book VIII 1
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563d8

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἄγραφος, ον, A. unwritten, μνήμη Th. 2.43; ἄ. διαθῆκαι nuncupatory wills, Plu. Cor. 9; ἄ. κληρονόμος Luc. Tox. 23; ἄγραφα λέγειν to speak without book, Plu. Dem. 8. Adv. -φως, κατὰ μνήμης σῴζεσθαι Procl. in Prm.p.553 S. II. ἄ. δίκαιον, moral or equitable justice, Arist. EN 1162b22; ἄ. νόμοι or νόμιμα unwritten laws: 1. laws of nature, τοῖς ἀ. νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι D. 18.275, cf. Arist. EN 1180b1. 2. laws of custom, Th. 2.37; ἄ. νόμιμα Pl. Lg. 793a, cf. Arist. Rh. 1373b5; ἄγραφα, τά, ib.1368b9; ἄ. ἀδίκημα a crime not recognized by law, Hsch. 3. religious traditions, as of the Eumolpidae, Lys. 6.10. III. not registered, ἄ. πόλεις (in a treaty) Th. 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, Phlp. in Ph. 513.30; συναλλαγματογραφίαι PTeb. 1.140; ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα neither catalogued nor weighed, IG 2.652B2; hence ἄγραφα, τά, sundries, PTeb. 112.104 (ii B. C.), al. 2. ἄ. μέταλλα mines not registered, but worked clandestinely, Suid. s.v. IV. without inscription, IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.

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