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ἄρρητος

arretos

unspoken

Appears 13 times across Plato's dialogues.

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ἄρρητος, ον, also η, ον E. Hec. 201:—A. unspoken, ἔπος προέηκεν ὅ πέρ τʼ ἄρρητον ἄμεινον Od. 14.466; ἄνδρες . . ῥητοί τʼ ἄ. τε Hes. Op. 4; ἔστω ἄ. τὰ εἰρημένα Pl. Smp. 189b, etc., cf. Aeschin. 3.217; οὐκ ἐπʼ ἀρρήτοις γε τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις not without warning spoken by me, S. Ant. 556; ἄ. κἀτελῆ φυλάξομαι Id. El. 1012. Adv. -τως, σιγᾶν Arist. Fr. 44 codd. (ἀρρήκτως Reiske, ἀρράτως Bernays). II. that cannot be spoken or expressed, ἀδιανόητον καὶ ἄ. καὶ ἄφθεγκτον καὶ ἄλογον Pl. Sph. 238c: hence, unspeakable, immense, App. BC 3.4; ἐπιθυμία Phld. Ir.p.50 W.; εὐχαριστία Id. Lib.p.51 O. III. not to be spoken: hence, 1. not to be divulged, ἱροργίαι, ἱρά, Hdt. 5.83, 6.135; σέβας ἀρρήτων ἱερῶν Ar. Nu. 302; ἄ. σφάγια E. IT 41; ἄ. ἀβακχεύτοισιν εἰδέναι Id. Ba. 472; διδακτά τε ἄρρητά τʼ, i.e.things profane and sacred, S. OT 301; ἄ. κόρη the maid whom none may name (i.e. Persephone), E. Fr. 63, cf. Hel. 1307; ἀρρήτων θέσμια, sc. of Demeter and Persephone, IG 3.713.6. 2. unutterable, horrible, δεῖπνα S. El. 203 (lyr.); λώβη E. Hec. 200 (lyr.); ἄρρητʼ ἀρρήτων ‘deeds without a name’, S. OT 465 (lyr.). 3. shameful to be spoken, ῥητόν τʼ ἄ. τʼ ἔπος Id. OC 1001, cf.Aj. 214 (lyr.), 773; ῥητὰ καὶ ἄ. ὀνομάζων ‘dicenda tacenda locutus’, D. 18.122; πάντας ἡμᾶς ῥητὰ καὶ ἄ. κακὰ ἐξεῖπον Id. 21.79. Adv. -τως D.L. 7.187. IV. of numbers, ἄρρητα, τά, irrationals, surds, opp. ῥητά, Pl. Hp.Ma. 303b, cf. R. 546c.
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