ἄφραστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, ([[φράζω]]) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unutterable]], [[marvellous]], ἄ. ἠδ' ἀνόητα <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Merc.</span>80</span>; οὐδὲν ἀφραστότερον πέλεται νόου ἀνθρώποισιν <span class="bibl">Hom.<span class="title">Epigr.</span>5.2</span>; πέδη <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>1057</span>; [[inexpressible]], μέριμνα <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>165</span> codd.; [[too wonderful for words]], [[φάτις]] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>694</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> (φράζομαι) [[not perceived]], [[unseen]], h.Merc.353; [[not to be observed]], [[not to be known]], or [[not to be guessed]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>95</span> (lyr.); [[incomprehensible]], <span class="bibl">Orph.<span class="title">L.</span>46</span>; <b class="b3">κατακρύπτει ἐς τὸ ἀφραστότατον οἱ ἐφαίνετο εἶναι [χωρίον]</b> = wherefore she bore it away and hid it where she thought it would be hardest to find (the [[place]] [[least]] [[likely]] to be thought of), <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.δ; [[unforeseen]], <span class="bibl">A.R.2.824</span>. Adv. [[ἀφράστως]] = [[beyond thought]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1262</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Act., of persons, [[beside themselves]], <span class="bibl">Nic.<span class="title">Th.</span>776</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[giving no sign]], <span class="bibl">Nonn.<span class="title">D.</span>9.134</span>, <span class="bibl">22.82</span>.</span>