παρά-λογος · para-logos — LSJ
beyond calculation, unexpected, unlooked for, ἄτοπον καὶ π. Arist. de An. 411a14 ; π. τι ἡ τύχη Id. Ph. 197a18 ; π. ἀτυχήματα Id. Rh. 1374b7; εὐδίαι Id. HA 599b15; αἱ π. τῶν βαρβάρων ἔφοδοι casual, uncertain, Plb. 2.35.6 ; strange, π. πόθος Palaeph. 52 ; π. καὶ ἀπρεπὴς βούλησις Hdn. 1.16.4 ; παράλογον, τό, an unexpected event, τὰ π. τῆς τύχης D.S. 17.66, etc.; εἴ τι σπάνιον καὶ ὡς ἐν παραλόγῳ abnormal, Thphr. CP 1.3.2 (but παράλογα, over-portions of food given to guests which were not to be reck
(λόγος III) beyond reason, unreasonable, τὰ π. καὶ ἄτοπα Plu. QConv. 2.626e, etc.; ἐν παραλόγῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι App. BC 2.146 ; παράδοξα μέν, οὐ μὴν π. Cleanth. ap. Arr. Epict. 4.1.173. Adv. -γως, εἰκῇ καὶ π. Plb. 1.74.14, etc.
Gramm., contrary to analogy or rule, irregular, A.D. Pron. 27.26, al.
Adv. -γως fraudulently, OGI 665.33 (Egypt, i A.D.).
παράλογος, ὁ, as Subst., incalculable element, τοῦ πολέμου ὁ π. Th. 1.78 ; πολύς, μέγας ὁ π., the event is much, greatly contrary to calculation, Id. 3.16, 7.55 ; τὸν π. τοσοῦτον ποιῆσαι τοῖς Ἕλλησι τῆς δυνάμεως, i. e. so belied the calculations of the Greeks, ib. 28 ; ἐν τοῖς ἀνθρωπείοις τοῦ βίου παραλόγοις by miscalculations such as men make, Id. 8.24 ; τὸ πλείστῳ παραλόγῳ ξυμβαῖνον Id. 2.61.