ἄρρητος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, also η, ον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>201</span>:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">unspoken</b>, ἔπος προέηκεν ὅ πέρ τ' ἄρρητον ἄμεινον <span class="bibl">Od.14.466</span>; ἄνδρες . . ῥητοί τ' ἄ. τε <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>4</span>; ἔστω ἄ. τὰ εἰρημένα <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Smp.</span>189b</span>, etc., cf. <span class="bibl">Aeschin.3.217</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἐπ' ἀρρήτοις γε τοῖς ἐμοῖς λόγοις</b> not <b class="b2">without</b> warning <b class="b2">spoken</b> by me, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>556</span>; ἄ. κἀτελῆ φυλάξομαι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">El.</span>1012</span>. Adv. -τως, σιγᾶν <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44</span> codd. (<b class="b3">ἀρρήκτως</b> Reiske, <b class="b3">ἀρράτως</b> Bernays). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that cannot be spoken</b> or <b class="b2">expressed</b>, ἀδιανόητον καὶ ἄ. καὶ ἄφθεγκτον καὶ ἄλογον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Sph.</span>238c</span>: hence, <b class="b2">unspeakable, immense</b>, <span class="bibl">App.<span class="title">BC</span>3.4</span>; ἐπιθυμία Phld.<span class="title">Ir.</span>p.50 W.; εὐχαριστία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Lib.</span>p.51</span> O. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">not to be spoken</b>: hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">not to be divulged</b>, <b class="b3">ἱροργίαι, ἱρά</b>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.83</span>, <span class="bibl">6.135</span>; σέβας ἀρρήτων ἱερῶν <span class="bibl">Ar. <span class="title">Nu.</span>302</span>; ἄ. σφάγια <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">IT</span>41</span>; ἄ. ἀβακχεύτοισιν εἰδέναι <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>472</span>; <b class="b3">διδακτά τε ἄρρητά τ'</b>, i.e.things profane and <b class="b2">sacred</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>301</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. κόρη</b> the maid <b class="b2">whom none may name</b> (i.e. Persephone), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>63</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span> 1307</span>; <b class="b3">ἀρρήτων θέσμια</b>, sc. of Demeter and Persephone, <span class="title">IG</span>3.713.6. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">unutterable, horrible</b>, δεῖπνα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>203</span> (lyr.); λώβη <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hec.</span>200</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">ἄρρητ' ἀρρήτων</b> 'deeds without a name', <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>465</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">shameful to be spoken</b>, ῥητόν τ' ἄ. τ' ἔπος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">OC</span>1001</span>, cf.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Aj.</span>214</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">773</span>; <b class="b3">ῥητὰ καὶ ἄ. ὀνομάζων</b> 'dicenda <b class="b2">tacenda</b> locutus', <span class="bibl">D.18.122</span>; πάντας ἡμᾶς ῥητὰ καὶ ἄ. κακὰ ἐξεῖπον <span class="bibl">Id.21.79</span>. Adv. -τως <span class="bibl">D.L.7.187</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> of numbers, <b class="b3">ἄρρητα, τά,</b> <b class="b2">irrationals, surds</b>, opp. <b class="b3">ῥητά</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Hp.Ma.</span>303b</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">R.</span>546c</span>.</span>