Ἄρρητον
accursed
Translated by Jennifer Benedict12 Aug 2001Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] something harmful.1
Buta)/rrhton lo/gon ["unspeakable word"] [means] a bad word, one which should not be spoken. Sophocles [writes]: "how on earth do I tell an unspeakable story?"2 Having written [of] or even done something more unspeakable than unspeakable things and beyond evils.
"Who then would not hate an excess of unspeakable behaviour which surpassed [all] others?"3
The word is applied also to that which is incomprehensible, such as "unspeakable [is] the miracle of your conception, o you of virgin birth."4
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"Who then would not hate an excess of unspeakable behaviour which surpassed [all] others?"3
The word is applied also to that which is incomprehensible, such as "unspeakable [is] the miracle of your conception, o you of virgin birth."4