ἄρρητος: Difference between revisions

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