ἄλογος (alogos)

Where it lives

Jude 1 · 22.47/10k
On The Trierarchic Crown 2 · 14.87/10k
The Erotic Essay 4 · 10.94/10k
On A Wound By Premeditation 1 · 10.57/10k
Ars Poetica 10 · 9.89/10k
2 Peter 1 · 9.23/10k
De Divinatione per Somnum 1 · 8.34/10k
Against the Sophists 1 · 7.55/10k
On the Scrutiny of Evandros 1 · 7.25/10k
Philip's Letter 1 · 7.12/10k
Eudemian Ethics 17 · 6.51/10k
Against Aristogeiton 2 1 · 5.95/10k

Densest 12 of 65 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

ἄλογος · alogos — LSJ

without λόγος

without λόγος, hence,

I speechless, without speech, on which no business may be done

speechless, Pl. Lg. 696e. Adv. -ως without speech, S. OC 131, Isoc. 3.9:—ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Lat. dies nefastus, on which no business may be done, Luc. Lex. 9.

b lacking in eloquence

lacking in eloquence, LXX Ex. 6.12.

2 inexpressive, unutterable

inexpressive, Pl. Tht. 203a; unutterable, = ἄρρητος, S. Fr. 262.

II unreasoning, brutes, animals, horse

unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc., Pl. R. 591c, Ti. 42d, etc.; τὰ ἄλογα brutes, animals, Democr. 164, Pl. Prt. 321b, X. Hier. 7.3; esp. in late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, = horse, POxy. 138.29 (610 A.D.), PGen. 14 (late).

2 not according to reason, irrational, instinctive

not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opp. ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ., Pl. Tht. 201c; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, D.H. Lys. 11; ἄ. πάθος Id. Comp. 23.

3 contrary to reason, absurd, unaccountable, unintelligible, unfit, unsuited to its end, groundless

contrary to reason, absurd, Th. 6.85, Pl. Tht. 203d; unaccountable, unintelligible, Lys. 26.19; unfit, unsuited to its end, Th. 1.32; groundless, Plb. 3.15.9; ἀηδία PRyl. 144.15 (38 A.D.). Adv. most freq. in this sense, Pl. R. 439d, etc.; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδʼ ἀκαίρως Isoc. 15.10: Sup. -ώτατα Phld. Ir. p.44 W.

III without reckoning

without reckoning:

1 not reckoned upon, unexpected

not reckoned upon, unexpected, Th. 6.46 (Comp.).

2 not counted, null and void

not counted, null and void, ἡμέραι LXX Nu. 6.12.

3 not having paid oneʼs reckoning

Act., not having paid oneʼs reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, EM 70.31.

IV incommensurable

of magnitudes, incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by Democr., cf. Arist. APo. 76b9, LI 968b18, Euc. 10.Def. 10, etc.

2 irrational, unrhythmical

in Rhythm, irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος Aristox. Rhyth. 2.20; ἄλογοι, sc. συλλαβαί, D.H. Comp. 20:—in Music, ἄ. διαστήματα Plu. Mus. 2.1145d:—of the pulse, unrhythmical, Herophil. ap. Ruf. Syn.Puls. 4.3.

In the wild

ἄλογον · alogon Aristotle, Analytica priora et posteriora AHys.Α (DIORISIS sentence 1638)
Ἄλογον · Alogon Aristotle, Ars Poetica 15
ἄλογον · alogon Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
ἀλόγων · alogōn Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
ἄλογον · alogon Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24
ἄλογα · aloga Aristotle, Ars Poetica 24

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Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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