ἀπόρρητος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) + ῥητός (rhētós, “spoken”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /a.pór̥.r̥ɛː.tos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /aˈpor.re̝.tos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /aˈpor.ri.tos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /aˈpor.ri.tos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /aˈpo.ri.tos/
Adjective
ᾰ̓πόρρητος • (ăpórrhētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓πόρρητον); second declension
- forbidden, prohibited
- secret
- (of words) not in common use
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | ᾰ̓πόρρητος ăpórrhētos |
ᾰ̓πόρρητον ăpórrhēton |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πόρρητοι ăpórrhētoi |
ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ ăpórrhētă | ||||||||
| Genitive | ᾰ̓πορρήτου ăporrhḗtou |
ᾰ̓πορρήτου ăporrhḗtou |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν ăporrhḗtoin |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν ăporrhḗtoin |
ᾰ̓πορρήτων ăporrhḗtōn |
ᾰ̓πορρήτων ăporrhḗtōn | ||||||||
| Dative | ᾰ̓πορρήτῳ ăporrhḗtōi |
ᾰ̓πορρήτῳ ăporrhḗtōi |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν ăporrhḗtoin |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν ăporrhḗtoin |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοις ăporrhḗtois |
ᾰ̓πορρήτοις ăporrhḗtois | ||||||||
| Accusative | ᾰ̓πόρρητον ăpórrhēton |
ᾰ̓πόρρητον ăpórrhēton |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πορρήτους ăporrhḗtous |
ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ ăpórrhētă | ||||||||
| Vocative | ᾰ̓πόρρητε ăpórrhēte |
ᾰ̓πόρρητον ăpórrhēton |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πορρήτω ăporrhḗtō |
ᾰ̓πόρρητοι ăpórrhētoi |
ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ ăpórrhētă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| ᾰ̓πορρήτως ăporrhḗtōs |
ᾰ̓πορρητότερος ăporrhētóteros |
ᾰ̓πορρητότᾰτος ăporrhētótătos | ||||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἀπόρρητα n pl (apórrhēta, “forbidden exports, [human] genitalia”)
Related terms
- ἀπόρρημα n (apórrhēma, “prohibition”)
- ἀπόρρησις f (apórrhēsis, “prohibition”)
- ἀπορρητέον (aporrhētéon, “that must be forbidden”)
Descendants
- Greek: απόρρητος (apórritos, “secret”)
Further reading
- “ἀπόρρητος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ἀπόρρητος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette