ἀπόρρητος

aporretos

forbidden

Appears 9 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Laws 4
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Book IX 1
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854e4
Book XI 1
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932c7
Book XII 2
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968e3
961b4
Republic 2
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Book II 1
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378a4
Book V 1
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460c4
Cratylus 1
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413a3
Phaedo 1
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62b3
Theaetetus 1
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152c10

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἀπόρρητος, ον, A. forbidden, ἀπόρρητον πόλει though it was forbidden to the citizens, S. Ant. 44, cf. E. Ph. 1668; τἀπόρρητα δρᾶν Ar. Fr. 622; τὰ ἀ. forbidden exports, τἀ. ἐξάγειν, ἀποπέμπειν, Id. Eq. 282, Ra. 362; ἀπόρρητον μηδὲν ποιούμενοι Pl.Lg..932c; πράξεις ἀ. Phld. Ir.p.54 W. II. not to be spoken, secret, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι make a secret of, Hdt. 9.94; esp. of state secrets, Ar. Eq. 648; ἐν-τῳ ποιεῖσθαι X. An. 7.6.43; τἀπόρρητα ποιοῦνται Lys. 12.69; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων τοῦ βασιλέως Plu. Luc. 17, cf. OGI 371; ὁ τῶν ἀ. γραμματεύς, = a secretis, Procop. Pers. 2.7; ἀπόρρητα ποιεύμενος πρὸς μηδένα λέγειν ὑμέας keep them secret so that you tell them not to any one, Hdt. 9.45; ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγειν tell as a secret, Pl. Tht. 152c; ἐν ἀ. εἰδέναι And. 2.19; φυλάττειν ἐν ἀπορρήτοις keep as a secret, Arist. Fr. 662; ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ ξυλλαμβάνειν arrest secretly, And. 1.45; διʼ ἀπορρήτων ἐξαγγέλλειν, ἀκούειν, Lycurg. 85, Pl. R. 378a; κύριον καὶ ῥητῶν καὶ ἀπορρήτων D. 1.4; τἀπόρρητʼ οἶδεν Id. 21.200; ὁ ἐν ἀπορρήτοις λεγόμενος λόγος of the esoteric doctrines of the Pythagoreans, Pl. Phd. 62b; τὰ ἀ. τῆς κατὰ τὰ μυστήρια τελετῆς SIG 873.9 (Eleusis, ii A.D.); ἐν ἀπορρήτοις in cipher, D.S. 15.20: Comp. -ότερος Paus. 2.17.4, Philostr. VA 6.19. 2. of sacred things, ineffable, secret, φλόξ E. IT 1331; μυστήρια Id. Rh. 943; τἀπόρρητʼ . . ἐκφέρειν Ar. Ec. 442, cf. Pherecr. 133; ἐνεργείας Jul. Or. 4.151b. b. γόης καὶ ἀ. a ‘man of mystery’, Philostr. VA 8.7.9. 3. unfit to be spoken, abominable, Lys. 10.2; ἀ. ἀδικίαι Pl. Lg. 854e; τίς οὐκ οἶδεν . . τὰς ἀπορρήτους, ὥσπερ ἐν τραγῳδίᾳ, τὰς τούτου γονάς; D. 21.149; of foul abuse, κακῶς τὰ ἀπόρρητα λέγειν ἀλλήλους Id. 18.123, etc.; in Att. Law of words (e.g. ῥίψασπις) whose use was punishable, Isoc. 20.3. 4. of words, not in common use, ἀ. καὶ ἔξω πάτου Luc. Hist. Conscr. 44. 5. τὰ ἀπόρρητα, = τὰ αἰδοῖα, Plu. 2.284a, cf. Ar. Ec. 12, Longin. 43.5. III. Adv. ἀπορρήτως ineffably, inexpressibly, Philostr. VS 2.18; conertly, ἀπορρήτως τὰ γραφόμενα κατεχλεύαζε διὰ τῆς εἰκόνος Eun. Hist.p.263 D.

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