- ἄρρητος
- ἄρρητος, ον (cp. ῥῆμα; Hom.+; Sb 7600, 7; TestSol 8:7 D; JosAs 12:5 cod. A 27:2; GrBar ins 1; ApcZeph; Philo; Jos., Bell. 7, 262; Just., D. 127, 2 al.; Ath. 6, 1; Tat. 34, 3; for spelling B-D-F §11, 1)① of someth. that cannot be expressed, since it is beyond human powers, inexpressible (Pla., Symp. 189b; Plut., Mor. 564f; Herm. Wr. 1, 31; PGM 13, 763 explains it: ἐν ἀνθρώπου στόματι λαληθῆναι οὐ δύναται).② of someth. that must not be expressed, since it is holy, not to be spoken (since Eur., Bacch. 472; Hdt. 5, 83, 3; Thessalus [I A.D.] adjures Asclepius διʼ ἀρρήτων ὀνομάτων: Cat. Cod. Astr. VIII/3, 137. Not infreq. on sacral ins [Nägeli 55]. PGM 3, 205; 12, 237; Vett. Val. 19, 1; Plut., Mor. 360f; Mesomedes in: Alex. Coll. p. 198, no. 36, 14=IAndrosIsis, Mesomedes p. 145 ln. 14; Philo, Det. Pot. Ins. 175) ἄ. ῥήματα words too sacred to tell 2 Cor 12:4 (cp. Lucian, Epigr. 11).—DELG s.v. 2 εἴρω. M-M. TW.
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