ἄδηλος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[unseen]], [[invisible]], of a fish, ποιεῖν ἑαυτὸν ἄ. <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>620b31</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. χιτών</b>, of the hyaloid membrane of the eye, [Gal.]14.712; [[unknown]], [[obscure]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>6</span>; τὸν ἄ. ἄνδρα . . ἰχνεύειν <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>475</span>; <b class="b3">ἐὰν δὲ . . ἄ. ὁ κτείνας ᾖ</b> Pl <span class="title">Lg.</span>874a; of troops, ἄ. τοῖς πολεμίοις <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>6.3.13</span>; εἰς τὸ ἄ. ἀποκρύπτειν <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Eq.Mag.</span>5.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> mostly of things, <b class="b3">ἄ. θάνατοι</b> death <b class="b2">by an unknown hand</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>496</span>; <b class="b3">ἄ. ἔχθρα</b> [[secret]] enmity, <span class="bibl">Th. 8.108</span>; <b class="b3">ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον</b> melts all <b class="b2">to nothing</b>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>698</span>; [[inscrutable]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1318</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">b</span> neut., <b class="b3">ἄδηλόν [ἐστι] εἰ</b> . . <b class="b2">it is uncertain</b> whether... <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Phdr.</span>232e</span>, al.; <b class="b3">ἄ. μή</b> . . <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Phd.</span>91d</span>: abs., ἄ. ὄν <span class="bibl">Th.1.2</span>; ἐν ἀδήλῳ εἶναι <span class="bibl">Antipho 5.6</span>; ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.5.8</span>; ἐξ ἀδήλου ἔρχεται [σελήνη] <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Fr.</span>871.5</span>; also <b class="b3">ἄ</b>. agreeing with the subject (like <b class="b3">δίκαιός εἰμι</b>) <b class="b3">, παῖδες ἄ. ὁποτέρων</b>, = [[ἄδηλον ὁποτέρων παῖδές εἰσιν]], <span class="bibl">Lys. 1.33</span>; <b class="b3">ἀδήλοις . . πῶς ἀποβήσεται</b>, = [[ἃ ἄ. ἐστι πῶς ἀ]]., <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">EN</span>1112b9</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Mem.</span>1.1.6</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">not evident to sense</b>, ὄψις τῶν ἀ. τὰ φαινόμενα Anaxag.21a, cf. <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Ep.</span>1p.6U.</span>; opp. <b class="b3">φανερόν</b>, <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Sign.</span>6</span>, al.; opp. <b class="b3">ἐναργές</b>, ib.<span class="bibl">14</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Diog.Oen.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[unintelligible]], φωνή <span class="bibl"><span class="title">1 Ep.Cor.</span>14.8</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> [[unproved]], Stoic.2.89. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> Adv. <b class="b3">-λως</b> [[secretly]], <span class="bibl">Th.1.92</span>, etc.: Sup. -ότατα <span class="bibl">Id.7.50</span>.</span>