ῥητέον

Lemma: ῥητέος

verbal adjective (gerundive) verbal adjective (gerundive)
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Definition

To be said; to be spoken or stated (a verbal adjective in **-τέος** expressing necessity or propriety, often “must/should be said”).

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Grammatical Analysis

"ῥητέον"

Verb type: standard verb (non-μι); derived adjectivally with -τέος

Tense: future/necessitative (verbal adjective of obligation)

Voice: passive in sense (necessity of being done/said)

Mood: not applicable (verbal adjective, not a finite mood)

Person: not applicable

Number: singular

Case: nominative/accusative/vocative

Gender: neuter

Degree: positive

Formation: ῥη- (verbal root from λέγω/εἴρηκα ‘say’) + -τέον (neut. sg. of -τέος)

Syntactic note: commonly used impersonally: ῥητέον ἐστίν = ‘it must be said’

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