The Noose of Words

At Hippolytos 293-6 the Nurse says to Phaidra, as part of her attempt to persuade her mistress to speak, 'and if you are sick with some one of the unspeakable [aporrheton] evils, these women [are here] to help with the disease; but if your condition [sumphora, also meaning misfortune, calamity] can be carried out towards the men [lit. if it is ekphoros], speak, so that it may be revealed to doctors'.