ἄγραφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἄγραφον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[unwritten]], [[μνήμη]] Th.2.43; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι διαθῆκαι</b> [[nuncupatory]] [[will]]s, Plu.''Cor.''9; ἄγραφος [[κληρονόμος]] = [[heir]] not written in the [[will]] Luc.''Tox.''23; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα λέγειν</b> to [[speak]] [[without book]], Plu.''Dem.''8. Adv. [[ἀγράφως]] = [[not in writing]], [[without written text]], [[verbally]], κατὰ [[μνήμη]]ς [[σῴζεσθαι]] Procl. ''in Prm.''p.553 S.<br><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄγραφον δίκαιον</b>, [[moral]] or [[equitable]] [[justice]], [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1162b22; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι νόμοι</b> or [[νόμιμα]] [[unwritten laws]]:<br><span class="bld">1</span> [[laws of nature]], τοῖς ἀγράφοις νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι D.18.275, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Nicomachean Ethics|EN]]''1180b1.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[laws of custom]], Th.2.37; ἄγραφα νόμιμα Pl.''Lg.''793a, cf. Arist.''Rh.''1373b5; [[ἄγραφα]], τά, ib.1368b9; <b class="b3">ἄγραφον ἀδίκημα</b> a [[crime]] [[not recognized by law]], [[Hesychius Lexicographus|Hsch.]]<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[religious traditions]], as of the [[Eumolpidae]], Lys.6.10.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[not registered]], <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι πόλεις</b> (in a [[treaty]]) Th.1.40; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι γάμοι</b> [[without written contract]], ''CPR''18.30 (ii A.D. Adv. [[ἀγράφως]] ibid., ''[[Oxyrhynchus Papyri|POxy.]]''267.19(i A.D.)); <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι συνουσίαι</b> [[not written down]], Phlp.''in Ph.''513.30; [[συναλλαγματογραφία|συναλλαγματογραφίαι]] ''PTeb.''1.140; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα</b> [[neither]] [[catalogue]]d nor [[weigh]]ed, ''IG''2.652B2; hence [[ἄγραφα]], τά, [[sundries]], PTeb.112.104 (ii B. C.), al.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄγραφα μέταλλα</b> [[mine]]s [[not registered]], but [[work]]ed [[clandestinely]], Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]]<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[without inscription]], IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.