ἄφατος

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   A not uttered or named, nameless, ἄνδρες ὁμῶς ἄ. τε φατοί τε Hes.Op.3.    2 unutterable, ineffable, λόγος E.Ion782 (lyr.); ἄ. μέλεα monstrous, Pi.N.1.47; κεφαλαί AP6.112 (Pers.); ἄ. χρήματα untold sums, Hdt.7.190; ἄ. νέφος, κτύπος, S.OT1314 (lyr.), OC1464 (lyr.); ὀρνιθαρίων ἄφατον (Schw. for -των) πλῆθος Anaxandr.41.63; πώλων ἄφατον τάχος IG14.2012.4 (Sulp. Max.); ἡδονή Phld.D.3.14; ὑπερβολὴ δυνάμεως Hermog.Inv.1.4; δύναμις Plot.4.8.6; ἄφατον ὡς . . there's no saying how... i.e. marvellously, immensely, Ar.Av.428, Lys.198. Adv. -τως Dsc.1.13.