Ἀλογία
disregard
Translated by Jennifer Benedict30 May 2000Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλογία· ἡ ἀφροντισία. Ἡρόδοτος· ὁ δὲ κατάσκοπος εὗρε τοὺς Λακεδαιμονίους κτενιζομένους καὶ ἐθωύμαζεν, ἀλογίης τε ἐνεκύρησε πολλῆς. ὁ δὲ Ξέρξης ἀκούων ταῦτα οὐκ εἶχε συμβαλέσθαι τὸ ἐόν.
Betacode
*)alogi/a: h( a)frontisi/a. *(hro/dotos: o( de\ kata/skopos eu(=re tou\s *lakedaimoni/ous ktenizome/nous kai\ e)qwu/mazen, a)logi/hs te e)neku/rhse pollh=s. o( de\ *ce/rchs a)kou/wn tau=ta ou)k ei)=xe sumbale/sqai to\ e)o/n.
Notes (2)
- Same entry in ps.-Zonaras; and see also n.1 below.↩
For this noun see also alpha 1309, alpha 1310.- 1Similarly in Thomas Magister. ↩
- 2Herodotus 7.208-209.1 (abridged). For the Spartans and their hair cf. e.g. Plutarch, Life of Lycurgus 22.1.
Linked from5 entries
- α1306Ἀλογεῖνto pay no regard to[Used] with a genitive. [Meaning] to be careless [of]. "Talingis chose to pay no regard to weaponry and warlike men, but to exist in daily intimacy with prostitutes and babblers."
- α1307Ἀλογῆσαιto pay no regard to[Meaning] to give no heed to, to miscalculate. Also [sc. attested is] a)logh/sei ["he/she/it will pay no regard to"]; [used] with a genitive. [Meaning he/she/it] will have no care for, will not mind.
- α1309Ἀλογίαconfusion, irrationality, speechlessness[Meaning] disorder. "After all crying out together they remained, as it were, dumbfounded. But once the word had quickly spread into the multitude there was no longer confusion; rather, some rushed at the envoys, as if…
- α1310Ἀλογίαabsurdity[Meaning] the [sc. phenomenon of] having no rationale, but acting irrationally. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word].
- ε331ἘθωύμαζονI was marveling, they were marveling[e)qwu/mazon is used] instead of e)qau/mazon.
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Revision history5 revisions · last 11 Jun 2015
- Revised — David Whitehead
- coding — Catharine Roth
- another keyword — Catharine Roth
- x-refs; more keywords; tweaks — David Whitehead
- modified headword and translation; augmented note; added keyword; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict