secret

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

substantive

Ar. and P. ἀπόρρητον, τό, or pl., P. and V. τὸ κρυπτόν (Eur., Iphigenia in Aulis 1140), V. ἄρρητα, τά.

mystery: P. and V. ἀκίνητα, τά.

be in the secret, v.: P. and V. συνειδέναι.

it was no secret: P. οὐκ ἦν ἀφανῆ (Dem. 231).

adjective

not to be divulged: P. and V. ἄρρητος, ἀπόρρητος.

not to be meddled with: P. and V. ἀκίνητος (Plato).

clandestine: P. and V. κρυπτός, ἀφανής, λαθραῖος, κρυφαῖος (Plato), V. κρύφιος, σκότιος, see stealthy.

keep secret: P. and V. σιγᾶν (acc.), σιωπᾶν (acc.), V. διασιωπᾶν (acc.).

in secret: see secretly.