ἄλογος — Cambridge Greek Lexicon

ἄ-λογοςονadjλόγος of silencelacking speechspeechlessPl. of thingsunable to be expressedexplained in wordsPl.of persons or thingslacking the capacity of reasonunreasoningPl. Arist.of animalsPl. X. Lycurg. Plb. Plu.neut.pl.sb.dumb or brute beastsDemocr. Pl.of things, actions, situationswithout or contrary to reason or logicunreasonable, irrational, illogical, unaccountableTh. Att.orats. Pl. Arist. Men.of children, compared to so-called irrational geometrical linesPl.neut.impers.w. ἐστί, sts.understd.it is unreasonable or illogicalw.inf.acc. + inf.to do sthg., that sthg. shd. be the caseIsoc. Pl. X. Arist. Plu. ἀλόγωςadvwordlessly, speechlesslyref. to prayingS.without the help of speechref. to achieving thingsIsoc. without or contrary to reasonirrationally, illogically, unaccountablyTh. Att.orats. Pl. X. Arist.

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speechless, unreasoning, irrational, unexpected

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ἄλογος

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ἄλογος

Headword (normalized/stripped):

αλογος

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3638

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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:cambridge-greek-lexicon-3639

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