- ἄγραφος
- ἄγραφ-ος, ον,A unwritten,
μνήμη Th.2.43
; ἄ. διαθῆκαι nuncupatory wills, Plu.Cor.9;ἄ. κληρονόμος Luc.Tox.23
; ἄγραφα λέγειν to speak without book, Plu.Dem.8. Adv.-φως, κατὰ μνήμης σῴζεσθαι Procl. in Prm.p.553
S.II ἄ. δίκαιον, moral or equitable justice, Arist. EN1162b22; ἄ. νόμοι or νόμιμα unwritten laws:1 laws of nature,τοῖς ἀ. νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι D.18.275
, cf. Arist. EN1180b1.2 laws of custom, Th.2.37;ἄ. νόμιμα Pl.Lg.793a
, cf. Arist.Rh.1373b5; ἄγραφα, τά, ib.1368b9; ἄ. ἀδίκημα a crime not recognized by law, Hsch.3 religious traditions, as of the Eumolpidae, Lys.6.10.III not registered, ἄ. πόλεις (in a treaty) Th.1.40; ἄ. γάμοι without written contract, CPR18.30 (ii A.D. Adv. -ως ibid., POxy.267.19(i A.D.)); ἄ. συνουσίαι not written down, Phlp.in Ph.513.30;συναλλαγματογραφίαι PTeb.1.140
; ἄγραφα καὶ ἄστατα neither catalogued nor weighed, IG2.652B2; hence ἄγραφα, τά, sundries, PTeb.112.104 (ii B. C.), al.2 ἄ. μέταλλα mines not registered, but worked clandestinely, Suid. s.v.IV without inscription, IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.
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