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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unwritten]], μνήμη <span class="bibl">Th.2.43</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. διαθῆκαι</b> [[nuncupatory]] wills, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>9</span>; ἄ. κληρονόμος <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Tox.</span>23</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα λέγειν</b> to speak [[without book]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Dem.</span>8</span>. Adv. -φως, κατὰ μνήμης σῴζεσθαι <span class="bibl">Procl. <span class="title">in Prm.</span>p.553</span> S. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b3">ἄ. δίκαιον</b>, [[moral]] or [[equitable justice]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1162b22</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. νόμοι</b> or [[νόμιμα]] [[unwritten laws]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[laws of nature]], τοῖς ἀ. νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι <span class="bibl">D.18.275</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1180b1</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[laws of custom]], <span class="bibl">Th.2.37</span>; ἄ. νόμιμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>793a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1373b5</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα, τά</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">1368b9</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἀδίκημα</b> a crime [[not recognized by law]], Hsch. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[religious traditions]], as of the Eumolpidae, <span class="bibl">Lys.6.10</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[not registered]], <b class="b3">ἄ. πόλεις</b> (in a treaty) <span class="bibl">Th.1.40</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. γάμοι</b> [[without written contract]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>18.30</span> (ii A.D. Adv. <b class="b3">-ως</b> ibid., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>267.19</span>(i A.D.)); <b class="b3">ἄ. συνουσίαι</b> [[not written down]], <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>513.30</span>; συναλλαγματογραφίαι <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>1.140</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα</b> neither [[catalogued]] nor weighed, <span class="title">IG</span>2.652<span class="hiitalic">B</span>2; hence <b class="b3">ἄγραφα, τά</b>, [[sundries]], PTeb.112.104 (ii B. C.), al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄ. μέταλλα</b> mines [[not registered]], but worked clandestinely, Suid. s.v. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[without inscription]], IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.</span>