παραλογισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰλογῐ́ζομαι (paralogízomai, “to cheat; to use fallacies”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡiz.mós/ → /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/ → /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡiz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/

Noun

πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός • (paralogismós) m (genitive πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. false reasoning, fallacy
2. weakness of reasoning power
3. deception, fraud

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός; τοῦ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός ho paralogismós	τὼ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ tṑ paralogismṓ	οἱ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοί hoi paralogismoí
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ toû paralogismoû	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖν toîn paralogismoîn	τῶν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμῶν tôn paralogismôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμῷ tôi paralogismôi	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖν toîn paralogismoîn	τοῖς πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖς toîs paralogismoîs
Accusative	τὸν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμόν tòn paralogismón	τὼ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ tṑ paralogismṓ	τοὺς πᾰρᾰλογῐσμούς toùs paralogismoús
Vocative	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμέ paralogismé	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ paralogismṓ	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοί paralogismoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παραλογισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παραλογισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette