ῥητός ῥητός, ή, όν verb. adj. of *ῥέω, ἐρῶ stated, specified, Il.; ἐς χρόνον ῥητόν at a set or stated time, Hdt.; ἡμέραι ῥ. Thuc.; ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς γέρασι with fixed prerogatives, Thuc.; ῥ. ἀργύριον a stated sum, Thuc.; ἐπὶ ῥητοῖς on stated terms, on certain conditions, Hdt., Eur.:—adv. ῥητῶς, expressly, distinctly, NTest. spoken of, known, famous, Hes. that may be spoken or told, Aesch., Soph.; ῥητὸν ἄρρητόν τʼ ἔπος, Lat. fas nefasque, Soph. in Mathem., ῥητά are rational quantities, opp. to surds (ἄλογα) , Plat.