ἄλογος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

ἀ- (a-) +‎ λόγος (lógos)

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.lo.ɡos/ → /ˈa.lo.ɣos/ → /ˈa.lo.ɣos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.lo.ɡos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɡos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣos/

Adjective

ἄλογος • (álogos) m or f (neuter ἄλογον); second declension

1. unspeaking, speechless
2. unutterable
3. without reason, irrational
4. not reckoned upon, unexpected

Declension

Second declension of ἄλογος; ἄλογον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		ἄλογος álogos	ἄλογον álogon		ἀλόγω alógō	ἀλόγω alógō		ἄλογοι álogoi	ἄλογᾰ áloga
Genitive		ἀλόγου alógou	ἀλόγου alógou		ἀλόγοιν alógoin	ἀλόγοιν alógoin		ἀλόγων alógōn	ἀλόγων alógōn
Dative		ἀλόγῳ alógōi	ἀλόγῳ alógōi		ἀλόγοιν alógoin	ἀλόγοιν alógoin		ἀλόγοις alógois	ἀλόγοις alógois
Accusative		ἄλογον álogon	ἄλογον álogon		ἀλόγω alógō	ἀλόγω alógō		ἀλόγους alógous	ἄλογᾰ áloga
Vocative		ἄλογε áloge	ἄλογον álogon		ἀλόγω alógō	ἀλόγω alógō		ἄλογοι álogoi	ἄλογᾰ áloga
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		ἀλόγως alógōs			ἀλογώτερος alogṓteros			ἀλογώτᾰτος alogṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄλογον (álogon)

Further reading

• ἄλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλογος in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• “ἄλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• G249 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎^[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • absurd idem, page 4.
  • baseless idem, page 64.
  • blind idem, page 83.
  • brute idem, page 102.
  • frivolous idem, page 346.
  • illogical idem, page 416.
  • indiscriminate idem, page 434.
  • instinctive idem, page 446.
  • intuitive idem, page 456.
  • irrational idem, page 459.
  • misguided idem, page 534.
  • misplaced idem, page 534.
  • preposterous idem, page 636.
  • unfair idem, page 917.
  • unnamed idem, page 926.
  • unreasonable idem, page 929.
  • unreasoning idem, page 929.
  • unthinking idem, page 934.
  • unwarrantable idem, page 936.