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ῥητός

ῥητός, stated, specified

ῥητ-ός, ή, όν, (ἐρῶ)
  • stated, specified, covenanted, μισθῷ ἔπι ῥ. Il. 21.445; παρεῖναι ἐς χρόνον ῥ. Hdt. 1.77, cf. Aeschin. 3.124; ἐν ἡμέραις ῥ. Th. 6.29; ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι πατρικαὶ βασιλεῖαι Id. 1.13; ῥ. ἀργύριον a stated sum, Id. 2.7, 4.69; ἐπὶ ῥητοῖσι, Att. ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς, on stated terms, on certain conditions, according to covenant, Hdt. 5.57, E. Hipp. 459, Th. 1.122, And. 3.22, al.; παρέσεσθαι εἰς ῥ. ἡμέραν X. HG 3.5.6; ῥ. ἀπόκρισις a distinct, definite answer, Plb. 32.6.7: ῥητόν, τό, fixed date for a lawsuit, PSI 4.463.14 (iii B.C.), etc.; so perh. ἀπὸ ῥητῶν IG 12 (9).1273 (Euboea, vi B.C.). Adv. -τῶς expressly, distinctly, Plb. 3.23.5, SIG 685.77 (ii B.C.), Phld. Rh. 1.105 S., 1 Ep.Ti. 4.1, Gal. 17(2).427: Sup. ῥητότατα S.E. M. 7.16.
      • 2 spoken of, famous, ῥητοί τʼ ἄρρητοί τε Hes. Op. 4.
      • 3 of language, in common use (= συνήθης), A.D. Pron. 113.18; φράσις Id. Synt. 39.15. Adv. -τῶς Phld. Rh. 1.161 S.
    • II that may be spoken or told, εἰ ῥητόν, φράσον A. Pr. 765; ἦ ῥητόν; ἢ οὐχὶ θεμιτὸν ἄλλον εἰδέναι; S. OT 993; αὐδῶν ἀνόσιʼ οὐδὲ ῥητά μοι ib. 1289; ῥ. ἄρρητόν τʼ ἔπος Id. OC 1001; δεινὸν γάρ, οὐδὲ ῥ. Id. Ph. 756; cf. ἄρρητος III.3.
      • 2 that can be spoken or enunciated, συλλαβή Pl. Tht. 202b, cf. 205d, 205e; διάλεκτοι Phld. Rh. 1.110S.; οὐ ῥ. κατʼ ἰδίαν αἱ ἐγκλιτικαί A.D. Pron. 36.30; communicable in words, Pl. Ep. 341c.
    • III Math., rational, of magnitudes, opp. surds (ἄλογα), ῥητὰ πρὸς ἄλληλα Id. R. 546c, Hp.Ma. 303b, cf. Euc. 10 Deff. 3 and 4, Hero *Deff. 128; in Metric, ῥ. πούς, opp. ἄλογος, Aristid.Quint. 1.14; v. ἄρρητος IV.
    • IV τὸ ῥ. the precise, literal contents of a document, the letter of the law, S.E. M. 2.36, etc.; ῥητός literal, opp. allegorical, Ph. 1.69, al.
    • V = ῥῆμα I.3, even of a living thing, Hebr. dâvâr, LXX Ex. 9.4.

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