ἄδηλος
ἄδηλος
not seen or known, unknown, obscure, Hes., Soph., Plat.
of things, ἄδ. θάνατοι death by an unknown hand, Soph.; ἄδ. ἔχθρα secret enmity, Thuc.; ῥεῖ πᾶν ἄδηλον melts all to nothing, Soph.; ἄδ. τινι unseen, unobserved by him, Xen.
neut. ἄδηλόν ἐστι εἰ . . , ὅτι . . , it is uncertain whether . . , unknown that . . , Plat., etc.; so, ἄδηλον μή . . , Plat.:— absol., ἄδηλον ὄν it being uncertain, Thuc.; so, ἐν ἀδηλοτέρῳ εἶναι Xen.
ἄδηλος often agrees with the subject (like δίκαιός εἰμι), παῖδες ἄδηλοι ὁποτέρων ἄδηλόν ἐστιν ὁποτέρων παῖδες εἰσίν Lys., etc.
adv. -λως, secretly, Thuc., etc.; Sup. -ότατα, Thuc.