ἄρρητος

See also: άρρητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἀ- (a-, “not”) +‎ ῥητός (rhētós, “spoken”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɛː.tos/ → /ˈar.ri.tos/ → /ˈa.ri.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ár̥.r̥ɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈar.re̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ri.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈar.ri.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.ri.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓́ρρητος • (árrhētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓́ρρητον); second declension

1. unspoken
2. that cannot be spoken or expressed
3. unspeakable, immense
4. not to be spoken or divulged
5. unutterable, horrible
6. shameful to be spoken
7. (of numbers) irrational

   Antonym: ῥητός (rhētós)

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓́ρρητος; ᾰ̓́ρρητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓́ρρητος árrhētos	ᾰ̓́ρρητον árrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō		ᾰ̓́ρρητοι árrhētoi	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ árrhēta
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρρήτου arrhḗtou	ᾰ̓ρρήτου arrhḗtou		ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν arrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν arrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓ρρήτων arrhḗtōn	ᾰ̓ρρήτων arrhḗtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρρήτῳ arrhḗtōi	ᾰ̓ρρήτῳ arrhḗtōi		ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν arrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν arrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓ρρήτοις arrhḗtois	ᾰ̓ρρήτοις arrhḗtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́ρρητον árrhēton	ᾰ̓́ρρητον árrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō		ᾰ̓ρρήτους arrhḗtous	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ árrhēta
Vocative		ᾰ̓́ρρητε árrhēte	ᾰ̓́ρρητον árrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω arrhḗtō		ᾰ̓́ρρητοι árrhētoi	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ árrhēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρρήτως arrhḗtōs			ᾰ̓ρρητότερος arrhētóteros			ᾰ̓ρρητότᾰτος arrhētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἀρρησία (arrhēsía)
• ἄρρητα n pl (árrhēta)
• ἀρρητοποιέω (arrhētopoiéō)
• ἀρρητοποιός (arrhētopoiós)
• ἀρρητόρευτος (arrhētóreutos)
• ἀρρητουργέω (arrhētourgéō)
• ἀρρητουργία (arrhētourgía)
• ἀρρητοφορία (arrhētophoría)
• ἀρρητοφόρος (arrhētophóros)

 

Descendants

• Greek: άρρητος (árritos)

Further reading

• “ἄρρητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “ἄρρητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ἄρρητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄρρητος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)