ἀπόρρητος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἀπόρρητον,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[forbidden]], <b class="b3">ἀπόρρητον πόλει</b> [[though it was forbidden to]] the [[citizen]]s, S.''Ant.''44, cf. E.''Ph.''1668; [[τἀπόρρητα]] [[δρᾶν]] Ar.''Fr.''622; [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] = [[forbidden exports]], [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] [[ἐξάγειν]], [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] [[ἀποπέμπειν]], Id.''Eq.''282, ''Ra.''362; ἀπόρρητον μηδὲν ποιούμενοι Pl.Lg..932c; πράξεις ἀ. Phld.''Ir.''p.54 W.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[not to be spoken]], [[secret]], <b class="b3">ἀ. ποιεῖσθαι</b> [[make a secret of]], Hdt.9.94; especially of [[state]] [[secret]]s, [[Aristophanes|Ar.]]''[[The Knights|Eq.]]''648; [[ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ]] ποιεῖσθαι X.''An.''7.6.43; τἀπόρρητα ποιοῦνται Lys.12.69; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων τοῦ βασιλέως Plu.''Luc.''17, cf. ''OGI'' 371; <b class="b3">ὁ τῶν ἀπορρήτων γραμματεύς</b> = [[a secretis]], Procop.''Pers.''2.7; <b class="b3">ἀπόρρητα ποιεύμενος πρὸς μηδένα λέγειν ὑμέας</b> keep them [[secret]] so that you tell them not to any one, Hdt.9.45; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγειν</b> [[tell as a secret]], Pl.''Tht.''152c; ἐν ἀ. εἰδέναι And.2.19; <b class="b3">φυλάττειν ἐν ἀπορρήτοις</b> [[keep as a secret]], Arist.''Fr.''662; <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ ξυλλαμβάνειν</b> [[arrest]] [[secretly]], And.1.45; [[δι' ἀπορρήτων]] [[ἐξαγγέλλειν]], [[δι' ἀπορρήτων]] [[ἀκούειν]], Lycurg.85, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 378a; κύριον καὶ ῥητῶν καὶ ἀπορρήτων D.1.4; τἀπόρρητ' οἶδεν Id.21.200; <b class="b3">ὁ ἐν ἀπορρήτοις λεγόμενος λόγος</b> of [[the esoteric doctrines]] of the Pythagoreans, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Phaedo|Phd.]]'' 62b; [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] τῆς κατὰ τὰ μυστήρια τελετῆς ''SIG'' 873.9 (Eleusis, ii A.D.); <b class="b3">ἐν ἀπορρήτοις</b> [[in cipher]], D.S.15.20: Comp. ἀπορρητότερος Paus.2.17.4, Philostr.''VA''6.19.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of sacred things, [[ineffable]], [[secret]], [[φλόξ]] E.''IT''1331; μυστήρια Id.''Rh.''943; τἀπόρρητ'.. ἐκφέρειν Ar.''Ec.''442, cf. Pherecr.133; ἐνεργείας Jul.''Or.''4.151b.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">γόης καὶ ἀπόρρητος</b> a '[[man of mystery]]', Philostr.''VA''8.7.9.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[unfit to be spoken]], [[abominable]], Lys.10.2; ἀ. ἀδικίαι Pl.''Lg.''854e; τίς οὐκ οἶδεν.. τὰς ἀπορρήτους, ὥσπερ ἐν τραγῳδίᾳ, τὰς τούτου γονάς; D.21.149; of [[foul abuse]], κακῶς [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] λέγειν ἀλλήλους Id.18.123, etc.; in Att. Law of words (e.g. [[ῥίψασπις]]) whose use was punishable, Isoc.20.3.<br><span class="bld">4</span> of words, [[not in common use]], ἀ. καὶ ἔξω πάτου Luc.''Hist. Conscr.'' 44.<br><span class="bld">5</span> [[τὰ ἀπόρρητα]] = [[τὰ αἰδοῖα]], Plu.2.284a, cf. Ar.''Ec.''12, Longin. 43.5.<br><span class="bld">III</span> Adv. [[ἀπορρήτως]] = [[surreptitiously]], Ael.NA7.42; [[ineffably]], [[inexpressibly]], Philostr.''VS'' 2.18; [[covertly]], [[ἀπορρήτως]] τὰ γραφόμενα κατεχλεύαζε διὰ τῆς εἰκόνος Eun.''Hist.''p.263 D.