ἄφραστος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἄφραστον, ([[φράζω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[unutterable]], [[marvellous]], ἄ. ἠδ' ἀνόητα ''h.Merc.''80; οὐδὲν ἀφραστότερον πέλεται νόου ἀνθρώποισιν Hom.''Epigr.''5.2; πέδη S.''Tr.''1057; [[inexpressible]], μέριμνα A.''Pers.''165 codd.; [[too wonderful for words]], [[φάτις]] S.''Tr.''694.<br><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]], A.''Supp.''95 (lyr.); [[incomprehensible]], Orph.''L.''46; <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), [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.92.δ; [[unforeseen]], A.R.2.824. Adv. [[ἀφράστως]] = [[beyond thought]], S.''El.''1262 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> Act., of persons, [[beside themselves]], Nic.''Th.''776.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[giving no sign]], [[Nonnus Epicus|Nonn.]] ''[[Dionysiaca|D.]]'' 9.134, 22.82.