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ἄδηλος

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ἄδηλον masculine accusative singular, feminine accusative singular, neuter nominative singular, neuter vocative singular, neuter accusative singular of ἄδηλος

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ἄδηλ-ος, ον,
  • unseen, invisible, of a fish, ποιεῖν ἑαυτὸν ἄ. Arist. HA 620b31; ἄ. χιτών, of the hyaloid membrane of the eye, [Gal.]14.712; unknown, obscure, Hes. Op. 6; τὸν ἄ. ἄνδρα . . ἰχνεύειν S. OT 475; ἐὰν δὲ . . ἄ. ὁ κτείνας ᾖ Pl. Lg. 874a; of troops, ἄ. τοῖς πολεμίοις X. Cyr. 6.3.13; εἰς τὸ ἄ. ἀποκρύπτειν Id. Eq.Mag. 5.7.
    • II mostly of things, ἄ. θάνατοι death by an unknown hand, S. OT 496; ἄ. ἔχθρα secret enmity, Th. 8.108; ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον melts all to nothing, S. Tr. 698; inscrutable, E. Or. 1318.
        • b neut., ἄδηλόν [ἐστι] εἰ . . it is uncertain whether . ., Pl. Phdr. 232e, al.; ἄ. μή . . Id. Phd. 91d: abs., ἄ. ὄν Th. 1.2; ἐν ἀδήλῳ εἶναι Antipho 5.6; ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι X. HG 7.5.8; ἐξ ἀδήλου ἔρχεται [σελήνη] S. Fr. 871.5; also ἄ. agreeing with the subject (like δίκαιός εἰμι) , παῖδες ἄ. ὁποτέρων, = ἄδηλον ὁποτέρων παῖδές εἰσιν, Lys. 1.33; ἀδήλοις . . πῶς ἀποβήσεται, = ἃ ἄ. ἐστι πῶς ἀ., Arist. EN 1112b9, cf. X. Mem. 1.1.6.
      • 2 not evident to sense, ὄψις τῶν ἀ. τὰ φαινόμενα Anaxag. 21a, cf. Epicur. Ep. 1 p.6 U.; opp. φανερόν, Phld. Sign. 6, al.; opp. ἐναργές, ib. 14, cf. Diog.Oen. 8.
      • 3 unintelligible, φωνή 1 Ep.Cor. 14.8.
      • 4 unproved, Stoic. 2.89.
    • III Adv. -λως secretly, Th. 1.92, etc.: Sup. -ότατα Id. 7.50.

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