ῥητός (retos)

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1 Timothy 1 · 6.31/10k
Prometheus Bound 2 · 3.4/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Works and Days 1 · 1.73/10k
Theaetetus 3 · 1.33/10k
Iphigenia in Tauris 1 · 1.21/10k
Epistles 2 · 1.18/10k
Hippias Major 1 · 1.18/10k
Philoctetes 1 · 1.14/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 1 · 0.97/10k
Exodus 2 · 0.84/10k
History 11 · 0.74/10k

Densest 12 of 22 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

stated, specified, covenanted, stated, stated terms, certain conditions, covenant, distinct, definite, fixed date, expressly, distinctly

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

2 spoken of, famous

spoken of, famous, ῥητοί τʼ ἄρρητοί τε Hes. Op. 4.

3 in common use

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, told

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, enunciated, communicable in words

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 rational

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 the precise, literal contents, the letter, literal

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 a living thing

= ῥῆμα I.3, even of a living thing, Hebr. dâvâr, LXX Ex. 9.4.

In the wild

ῥητόν · rhēton Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 765
ῥητὸν · rhēton Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound 766
ῥητὸν · rhēton Aristotle, Metaphysics book 5 (DIORISIS sentence 1215)
ῥητοῖς · rhētois Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1162b (DIORISIS sentence 3030)
ῥητοῖς · rhētois Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1162b (DIORISIS sentence 3027)
ῥητοῖς · rhētois Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics 1163a (DIORISIS sentence 3036)

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Where it came from

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