ἀρρητοποιός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From ἄρρητος (árrhētos, “unspeakable, taboo”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”) +‎ -ός (-ós).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ar̥.r̥ɛː.to.poi̯.ós/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ar.re̝.to.pyˈos/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ar.ri.to.pyˈos/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ar.ri.to.pyˈos/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /a.ri.to.piˈos/

Adjective

ἀρρητοποιός • (arrhētopoiós) m or f (neuter ἀρρητοποιόν); second declension

(moral) practising unspeakable or taboo acts; guilty of an unmentionable vice
- Anon., in EN 172.29
(by extension, ironic) dealing with or celebrating mysteries; speaking of secret or esoteric rites
- 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Lexiphanes 10

Usage notes

The primary sense of ἀρρητοποιός (arrhētopoiós) refers to the performance of acts considered unspeakable or morally taboo. In later or rhetorical usage, especially in Lucian, the word may be used more playfully or pedantically of those who concern themselves with mysteries or secret rites, exploiting the double sense of ἄρρητος (árrhētos) as both “shameful” and “not to be divulged.”

Inflection

Second declension of ἀρρητοποιός; ἀρρητοποιόν (Attic)

Number	Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	ἀρρητοποιός arrētopoiós		ἀρρητοποιόν arrētopoión	ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ		ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ	ἀρρητοποιοί arrētopoioí		ἀρρητοποιᾰ́ arrētopoiắ
Genitive	ἀρρητοποιοῦ arrētopoioû		ἀρρητοποιοῦ arrētopoioû	ἀρρητοποιοῖν arrētopoioîn		ἀρρητοποιοῖν arrētopoioîn	ἀρρητοποιῶν arrētopoiôn		ἀρρητοποιῶν arrētopoiôn
Dative	ἀρρητοποιῷ arrētopoiōî		ἀρρητοποιῷ arrētopoiōî	ἀρρητοποιοῖν arrētopoioîn		ἀρρητοποιοῖν arrētopoioîn	ἀρρητοποιοῖς arrētopoioîs		ἀρρητοποιοῖς arrētopoioîs
Accusative	ἀρρητοποιόν arrētopoión		ἀρρητοποιόν arrētopoión	ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ		ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ	ἀρρητοποιούς arrētopoioús		ἀρρητοποιᾰ́ arrētopoiắ
Vocative	ἀρρητοποιέ arrētopoié		ἀρρητοποιόν arrētopoión	ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ		ἀρρητοποιώ arrētopoiṓ	ἀρρητοποιοί arrētopoioí		ἀρρητοποιᾰ́ arrētopoiắ
Derived forms	Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
Derived forms	ἀρρητοποιῶς arrētopoiôs			ἀρρητοποιότερος arrētopoióteros			ἀρρητοποιότᾰτος arrētopoiótătos
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

ἀπόρρητος (apórrhētos)
ἀρρητοποιέω (arrhētopoiéō)
ἄρρητος (árrhētos)
ἀρρητουργέω (arrhētourgéō)

References

“ἀρρητοποιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“ἀρρητοποιός”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers