ἀπόρρητος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀπο- (apo-, “away”) +‎ ῥητός (rhētós, “spoken”)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /a.pór̥.r̥ɛː.tos/ → /aˈpor.ri.tos/ → /aˈpo.ri.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /a.pór̥.r̥ɛː.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /aˈpor.re̝.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /aˈpor.ri.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /aˈpor.ri.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /aˈpo.ri.tos/

Adjective

ᾰ̓πόρρητος • (apórrhētos) m or f (neuter ᾰ̓πόρρητον); second declension

1. forbidden, prohibited
2. secret
3. (of words) not in common use

Declension

Second declension of ᾰ̓πόρρητος; ᾰ̓πόρρητον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ᾰ̓πόρρητος apórrhētos	ᾰ̓πόρρητον apórrhēton		ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō	ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō		ᾰ̓πόρρητοι apórrhētoi	ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ apórrhēta
Genitive		ᾰ̓πορρήτου aporrhḗtou	ᾰ̓πορρήτου aporrhḗtou		ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν aporrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν aporrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓πορρήτων aporrhḗtōn	ᾰ̓πορρήτων aporrhḗtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓πορρήτῳ aporrhḗtōi	ᾰ̓πορρήτῳ aporrhḗtōi		ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν aporrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓πορρήτοιν aporrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓πορρήτοις aporrhḗtois	ᾰ̓πορρήτοις aporrhḗtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓πόρρητον apórrhēton	ᾰ̓πόρρητον apórrhēton		ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō	ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō		ᾰ̓πορρήτους aporrhḗtous	ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ apórrhēta
Vocative		ᾰ̓πόρρητε apórrhēte	ᾰ̓πόρρητον apórrhēton		ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō	ᾰ̓πορρήτω aporrhḗtō		ᾰ̓πόρρητοι apórrhētoi	ᾰ̓πόρρητᾰ apórrhēta
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓πορρήτως aporrhḗtōs			ᾰ̓πορρητότερος aporrhētóteros			ᾰ̓πορρητότᾰτος aporrhētótatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

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