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 • (ắrrhētos) 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 ắrrhētos	ᾰ̓́ρρητον ắrrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō		ᾰ̓́ρρητοι ắrrhētoi	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ ắrrhētă
Genitive		ᾰ̓ρρήτου ărrhḗtou	ᾰ̓ρρήτου ărrhḗtou		ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν ărrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν ărrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓ρρήτων ărrhḗtōn	ᾰ̓ρρήτων ărrhḗtōn
Dative		ᾰ̓ρρήτῳ ărrhḗtōi	ᾰ̓ρρήτῳ ărrhḗtōi		ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν ărrhḗtoin	ᾰ̓ρρήτοιν ărrhḗtoin		ᾰ̓ρρήτοις ărrhḗtois	ᾰ̓ρρήτοις ărrhḗtois
Accusative		ᾰ̓́ρρητον ắrrhēton	ᾰ̓́ρρητον ắrrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō		ᾰ̓ρρήτους ărrhḗtous	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ ắrrhētă
Vocative		ᾰ̓́ρρητε ắrrhēte	ᾰ̓́ρρητον ắrrhēton		ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō	ᾰ̓ρρήτω ărrhḗtō		ᾰ̓́ρρητοι ắrrhētoi	ᾰ̓́ρρητᾰ ắrrhētă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ᾰ̓ρρήτως ărrhḗtōs			ᾰ̓ρρητότερος ărrhētóteros			ᾰ̓ρρητότᾰτος ărrhētótătos
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 (2006–2025)