LOGOI

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ἄγραφ-ος

agraphos

unwritten, nuncupatory, without book

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Where it lives

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What it meant

ἄγραφ-ος · agraph-os — LSJ

unwritten, nuncupatory, without book

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 moral, equitable justice, unwritten laws

ἄ. δίκαιον, moral or equitable justice, Arist. EN 1162b22; ἄ. νόμοι or νόμιμα unwritten laws:

1 laws of nature

laws of nature, τοῖς ἀ. νομίμοις καὶ τοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις ἤθεσι D. 18.275, cf. Arist. EN 1180b1.

2 laws of custom, not recognized by law

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

religious traditions, as of the Eumolpidae, Lys. 6.10.

III not registered, without written contract, not written down, catalogued, sundries

not registered, ἄ. πόλεις (in a treaty) Th. 1.40; ἄ. γάμοι without written contract, CPR 18.30 (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, IG 2.652B2; hence ἄγραφα, τά, sundries, PTeb. 112.104 (ii B. C.), al.

2 not registered

ἄ. μέταλλα mines not registered, but worked clandestinely, Suid. s.v.

IV without inscription

without inscription, IG 2.754, al.—Prose word.

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