LOGOI

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ἀλογ-ία

alogia · ἡ

want of respect

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 19 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἀλογ-ία · alog-ia — LSJ

want of respect, regard, no heed, disregarded

want of respect or regard, ἀλογίην εἶχον τοῦ χρηστηρίου took no heed of it, Hdt. 4.150; ἐν ἀλογίῃ ἔχειν or ποιεῖσθαί τι 6.75, 7.226:—in 2.141 ἐν ἀλογίῃσι ἔχειν παραχρησάμενον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, gen. is anacoluthon (as if ἀλογίην ἔχειν τῶν Αἰγ.) ; ἀλογίης ἐγκυρῆσαι to be disregarded, 7.208 codd.:—this sense is Ion. and late Prose, ἐν ἀλογίᾳ ποιεῖσθαί τι Procop. Pers. 1.2, al.

2 want of reason, absurdity, the irrational part of the soul

Att., want of reason, absurdity, opp. λόγος, Pl. Tht. 207c, cf. 199d, Phd. 67e, D. 23.168; πολλὴ ἀ. τῆς διανοίας Th. 5.111; concrete, the irrational part of the soul, Porph. Abst. 1.42.

3 confusion, disorder, speechlessness, amazement

confusion, disorder, Plb. 15.14.2; τύχη ἐν ἀλογίᾳ κειμένη Plot. 6.8.17:—speechlessness, amazement, Plb. 36.7.4.

4 indecision, doubt

indecision, doubt, Paus. 7.17.6.

5 irrationality

Rhythm., irrationality, relation of time-elements which cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, Aristox. Rhyth. 2.20.

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