unspeakable
From LSJ
καλῶς δρῶν ἐξαμαρτεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ νικᾶν κακῶς → I would prefer to fail with honor than to win by evil | I prefer to fail by acting rightly rather than win by acting wrongly | Better fail by doing right, than win by doing wrong (Sophocles, Philoctetes 95)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
adjective
P. and V. ἄρρητος, ἀπόρρητος, P. ἀμύθητος, V. ἄφραστος, ἄγρυκτος, ἀναύδητος, ἀνεκλάλητος, ἄλεκτος, δύσφατος, ἄσπετος, ἀφώνητος, ἀναυδής, ἄεπτος, ἀνέκφραστος, ἀθέσφατος, ἀπειρέσιος, ἄλαλος, ἀνεκφώνητος, ἄφθεγκτος, ἄφατος, ἀπόφημος, ἄναυδος, ἀλάλητος.
indescribable: P. ἀμύθητος, P. and V. κρείσσων λόγου, Ar. οὐ φατός, Ar. and V. ἀνωνόμαστος.
extraordinary: P. and V. ἀμήχανος.
