ἄγραφος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[unwritten]], [[μνήμη]] <span class="bibl">Th.2.43</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι διαθῆκαι</b> [[nuncupatory]] [[will]]s, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Cor.</span>9</span>; ἄγραφος [[κληρονόμος]] = [[heir]] not written in the [[will]] <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. [[ἀγράφως]] = [[not in writing]], [[without written text]], [[verbally]], κατὰ [[μνήμη]]ς [[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">ἄγραφον δίκαιον</b>, [[moral]] or [[equitable]] [[justice]], <span class="bibl">Arist. <span class="title">EN</span>1162b22</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι νόμοι</b> or [[νόμιμα]] [[unwritten laws]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[laws of nature]], τοῖς ἀγράφοις 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>; ἄγραφα νόμιμα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>793a</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Rh.</span>1373b5</span>; [[ἄγραφα]], [[τά]], ib.<span class="bibl">1368b9</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφον 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">ἄγραφοι πόλεις</b> (in a [[treaty]]) <span class="bibl">Th.1.40</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι γάμοι</b> [[without written contract]], <span class="bibl"><span class="title">CPR</span>18.30</span> (ii A.D. Adv. [[ἀγράφως]] ibid., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>267.19</span>(i A.D.)); <b class="b3">ἄγραφοι συνουσίαι</b> [[not written down]], <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span>513.30</span>; [[συναλλαγματογραφία|συναλλαγματογραφίαι]] <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>1.140</span>; <b class="b3">ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα</b> [[neither]] [[catalogue]]d nor [[weigh]]ed, <span class="title">IG</span>2.652<span class="hiitalic">B</span>2; hence [[ἄγραφα]], [[τά]], [[sundries]], PTeb.112.104 (ii B. C.), al. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἄγραφα μέταλλα</b> [[mine]]s [[not registered]], but [[work]]ed [[clandestinely]], Suid. [[sub verbo|s.v.]] </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> [[without inscription]], IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.</span>