forbidden,
ἀπό-ρρητος,ον,
A. forbidden, ἀπόρρητον πόλει though it was forbidden tothe citizens, S. Ant. 44 , cf. E. Ph. 1668 ; τἀπόρρητα δρᾶν
Ar. Fr. 622
;τὰ ἀ. forbidden exports, τἀ. ἐξάγειν, ἀποπέμπειν,
Id. Eq. 282 , Ra. 362 ; ἀπόρρητον μηδὲν ποιούμενοι
Pl.
Lg..
932c ; πράξεις ἀ.
Phld. Ir. p.54
W.
II. not to be spoken, secret, ἀ. ποιεῖσθαιmakea secret of,
Hdt. 9.94 ; esp. of statesecrets,
Ar. Eq. 648 ; ἐν-τῳ ποιεῖσθαι
X. An. 7.6.43
; τἀπόρρητα ποιοῦνται
Lys. 12.69
; ὁ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀπορρήτων τοῦ βασιλέως
Plu. Luc. 17
, cf. OGI 371 ;ὁ τῶν ἀ. γραμματεύς, = a secretis,
Procop. Pers. 2.7 ;ἀπόρρητα ποιεύμενος πρὸς μηδένα λέγειν ὑμέαςkeep themsecretso that you tell them not to any one, Hdt. 9.45 ;ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν λέγεινtellas a secret,
Pl. Tht. 152c ; ἐν ἀ. εἰδέναι
And. 2.19
;φυλάττειν ἐν ἀπορρήτοιςkeepas a secret,
Arist. Fr. 662 ;ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ ξυλλαμβάνεινarrestsecretly,
And. 1.45 ;δι' ἀπορρήτων ἐξαγγέλλειν, ἀκούειν,
Lycurg. 85 , Pl. R. 378a ; κύριον καὶ ῥητῶν καὶ ἀπορρήτων
D. 1.4
; τἀπόρρητ' οἶδεν
Id. 21.200
;ὁ ἐν ἀπορρήτοις λεγόμενος λόγοςofthe esoteric doctrinesof the Pythagoreans, Pl. Phd. 62b ; τὰ ἀ. τῆς κατὰ τὰ μυστήρια τελετῆς
SIG 873.9
(Eleusis,ii A.D.);ἐν ἀπορρήτοιςincipher,
D.S. 15.20 : Comp.
-ότερος
Paus. 2.17.4
, Philostr. VA 6.19 .
2. of sacred things,ineffable, secret,
φλόξ
E. IT 1331
; μυστήρια
Id. Rh. 943
; τἀπόρρητ' . . ἐκφέρειν
Ar. Ec. 442
, cf. Pherecr. 133 ; ἐνεργείας
Jul. Or. 4.151b
.
b. γόης καὶ ἀ.a 'man of mystery', Philostr. VA 8.7.9 .
3. unfit to be spoken, abominable,
Lys. 10.2 ; ἀ. ἀδικίαι
Pl. Lg. 854e
; τίς οὐκ οἶδεν . . τὰς ἀπορρήτους, ὥσπερ ἐν τραγῳδίᾳ, τὰς τούτου γονάς;
D. 21.149
; offoul abuse,
κακῶς τὰ ἀπόρρητα λέγειν ἀλλήλους
Id. 18.123
, etc.; in Att. Law of words (e.g.ῥίψασπις) whose use was punishable, Isoc. 20.3 .
4. of words,not in common use,
ἀ. καὶ ἔξω πάτου
Luc. Hist. Conscr. 44
.
5. τὰ ἀπόρρητα,
= τὰ αἰδοῖα , Plu. 2.284a , cf. Ar. Ec. 12 , Longin. 43.5 .
III. Adv.
ἀπορρήτως ineffably, inexpressibly,
Philostr. VS 2.18
;conertly,
ἀπορρήτως τὰ γραφόμενα κατεχλεύαζε διὰ τῆς εἰκόνος
Eun. Hist. p.263
D.
