ἄρρητα (arreta)

ἄρρητα is an Ancient Greek form of ἄρρητος, meaning “unspeakable, secret”. It is the accusative plural neuter adjective.

Found 30 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Aristides 15.4: … δʼ οὐ καλῶς ἔχειν ἔφη ταῦτα Παυσανίαν ἀποκρύψασθαι, ἐκείνῳ γὰρ ἀνακεῖσθαι τὴν ἡγεμονίαν, πρὸς δὲ τοὺς ἄλλους ἄρρητα πρὸ τῆς μάχης ἔδοξεν ἔσεσθαι, νικώσης δὲ τῆς Ἑλλάδος οὐδένα τὴν Ἀλεξάνδρου προθυμίαν καὶ ἀρετὴν ἀγνοήσειν.

Sophocles, Oedipus Tyrannus 301: ἄρρητά τʼ, οὐράνιά τε καὶ χθονοστιβῆ,

Basil, Saint, Bishop of Caesarea, Epistulae 6: … διορθούμεθα, καὶ ἑαυτοὺς προσαπόλλυμεν. μὴ κατηγορήσωμεν τῆς δικαίας κρίσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ. ἀμαθεῖς ἐσμέν, ὥστε τὰ ἄῤῥητα αὐτοῦ κρίματα δοκιμάζειν. νῦν σου λαμβάνει τὴν δοκιμὴν ὁ Κύριος τῆς πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀγάπης. νῦν σοι πάρεστι καιρὸς …

All forms of ἄρρητος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.