Ἀλογία
absurdity
Translated by Jennifer Benedict25 May 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] the [sc. phenomenon of] having no rationale, but acting irrationally. Thus Demosthenes and Plato [sc. use the word].1
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἀλογία· τὸ μηδένα λόγον ἔχειν, ἀλογιστὶ δὲ πράττειν. οὕτως Δημοσθένης καὶ Πλάτων.
Betacode
*)alogi/a: to\ mhde/na lo/gon e)/xein, a)logisti\ de\ pra/ttein. ou(/tws *dhmosqe/nhs kai\ *pla/twn.
Notes (1)
- Abridged from Harpokration s.v.; also in Photius.↩
For this headword see also alpha 1308, alpha 1309.- 1Demosthenes 23.168; Plato, Phaedrus 67E, 68B, etc.
Linked from3 entries
- 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.
- α1308Ἀλογίαdisregard[Meaning] unconcern. Herodotus [writes]: "the scout discovered the Lacedaemonians combing [their hair] and was amazed, to have encountered such great disregard. And Xerxes, hearing these things, had no means of gauging…
- 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…
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- Revised — David Whitehead
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- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- added references and keywords; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Jennifer Benedict