ἄφραστος
μισῶ σοφιστὴν ὅστις οὐχ αὑτῷ σοφός → I hate the sage who recks not his own rede, I hate the sage who is not wise for himself, I hate the wise man who is not wise on his own
English (LSJ)
ον, (φράζω)
A unutterable, marvellous, ἄ. ἠδ' ἀνόητα h.Merc.80; οὐδὲν -ότερον πέλεται νόου ἀνθρώποισιν Hom.Epigr.5.2; πέδη S.Tr.1057; inexpressible, μέριμνα A.Pers.165 codd.; too wonderful for words, φάτις S.Tr.694. II (φράζομαι) not perceived, unseen, h.Merc.353; not to be observed, known, or guessed, A.Supp.95 (lyr.); incomprehensible, Orph.L.46; κατακρύπτει ἐς τὸ -ότατόν οἱ ἐφαίνετο εἶναι [χωρίον] the place least likely to be thought of, Hdt.5.92.δ; unforeseen, A.R.2.824. Adv. -τως beyond thought, S.El.1262 (lyr.). III Act., of persons, beside themselves, Nic.Th.776. 2 giving no sign, Nonn.D.9.134, 22.82.
German (Pape)
[Seite 414] 1) unbemerkt, unbekannt, ἔργα H. h. Merc. 80, Ilgen. ἄφρατος, was kein Wort ist; ἄφραστοι κατιδεῖν, unverständlich, Aesch. Suppl. 89; φάτις, worüber man nicht urtheilen kann, Soph. Tr. 691, neben ἀξύμβλητος ἀνθρώπῳ μαθεῖν, Schol. ἀνεκδιήγητος; unsichtbar, στίβος H. h. Merc. 353; πέδη Soph. Trach. 1046; unvorhergesehen, unerwartet, ὄλεθρος Ap. Rh. 2, 224, vgl. 825. – 2) nicht zu sagen, unaussprechlich, Aesch. Pers. 161; ungeheuer, Heliod. 5, 22. – 3) unvernünftig, wahnsinnig, γελᾶν Nic. Th. 776, Schol. ἀλογίστως. – Adv. ἀφράστως, unerwartet, Soph. El. 1254.
