παράλογος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρα- (para-) + λόγος (lógos).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.lo.ɡos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.lo.ɡos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.lo.ɣos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.lo.ɣos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.lo.ɣos/
Adjective
πᾰράλογος • (părálogos) m or f (neuter πᾰράλογον); second declension
- beyond calculation, unexpected, casual, uncertain
- (nominalized, neuter) unexpected event
- (nominalized, neuter plural) portions of food given to unexpected guests
- (nominalized, masculine) unexpected issue
Declension
| Number | Singular | Dual | Plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case/Gender | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | Masculine / Feminine | Neuter | ||||||||
| Nominative | πᾰρᾰ́λογος părắlogos |
πᾰρᾰ́λογον părắlogon |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰ́λογοι părắlogoi |
πᾰρᾰ́λογᾰ părắlogă | ||||||||
| Genitive | πᾰρᾰλόγου părălógou |
πᾰρᾰλόγου părălógou |
πᾰρᾰλόγοιν părălógoin |
πᾰρᾰλόγοιν părălógoin |
πᾰρᾰλόγων părălógōn |
πᾰρᾰλόγων părălógōn | ||||||||
| Dative | πᾰρᾰλόγῳ părălógōi |
πᾰρᾰλόγῳ părălógōi |
πᾰρᾰλόγοιν părălógoin |
πᾰρᾰλόγοιν părălógoin |
πᾰρᾰλόγοις părălógois |
πᾰρᾰλόγοις părălógois | ||||||||
| Accusative | πᾰρᾰ́λογον părắlogon |
πᾰρᾰ́λογον părắlogon |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰλόγους părălógous |
πᾰρᾰ́λογᾰ părắlogă | ||||||||
| Vocative | πᾰρᾰ́λογε părắloge |
πᾰρᾰ́λογον părắlogon |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰλόγω părălógō |
πᾰρᾰ́λογοι părắlogoi |
πᾰρᾰ́λογᾰ părắlogă | ||||||||
| Derived forms | Adverb | Comparative | Superlative | |||||||||||
| πᾰρᾰλόγως părălógōs |
πᾰρᾰλογώτερος părălogṓteros |
πᾰρᾰλογώτᾰτος părălogṓtătos | ||||||||||||
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Descendants
- Greek: παράλογος (parálogos)
Further reading
- παράλογος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- παράλογος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “παράλογος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Pape, Wilhelm (1914), “παράλογος”, in Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[2], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- anomaly idem, page 31.
- awakening idem, page 56.
- miscalculation idem, page 532.
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek παράλογος (parálogos). By surface analysis, παρα- (para-) + λόγος (lógos).
Adjective
παράλογος • (parálogos) m (feminine παράλογη, neuter παράλογο)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | παράλογος (parálogos) | παράλογη (parálogi) | παράλογο (parálogo) | παράλογοι (parálogoi) | παράλογες (paráloges) | παράλογα (paráloga) | |
| genitive | παράλογου (parálogou) | παράλογης (parálogis) | παράλογου (parálogou) | παράλογων (parálogon) | παράλογων (parálogon) | παράλογων (parálogon) | |
| accusative | παράλογο (parálogo) | παράλογη (parálogi) | παράλογο (parálogo) | παράλογους (parálogous) | παράλογες (paráloges) | παράλογα (paráloga) | |
| vocative | παράλογε (paráloge) | παράλογη (parálogi) | παράλογο (parálogo) | παράλογοι (parálogoi) | παράλογες (paráloges) | παράλογα (paráloga) | |
Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο παράλογος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο παράλογος, etc.)