παράλογος
paralogos
beyond calculation, unexpected, unlooked for
Appears 14 times across Aristotle's works.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
παράλογος, ον, (λόγος I, IV. 1 fin.) A. beyond calculation, unexpected, unlooked for, ἄτοπον καὶ π. de An. 411a14 ; π. τι ἡ τύχη Ph. 197a18 ; π. ἀτυχήματα Rh. 1374b7; εὐδίαι HA 599b15; αἱ π. τῶν βαρβάρων ἔφοδοι casual, uncertain, 2.35.6 ; strange, π. πόθος 52 ; π. καὶ ἀπρεπὴς βούλησις 1.16.4 ; παράλογον, τό, an unexpected event, τὰ π. τῆς τύχης 17.66, etc.; εἴ τι σπάνιον καὶ ὡς ἐν παραλόγῳ abnormal, CP 1.3.2 (but παράλογα, over-portions of food given to guests which were not to be reckoned upon, Lac. 5.3). Adv. -γως Aph. 2.27, etc.; τοὺς π. δυστυχοῦντας 27.68, cf. EN 1135b16 : Sup. -ώτατα BJ 2.19.7. 2. (λόγος III) beyond reason, unreasonable, τὰ π. καὶ ἄτοπα 2.626e, etc.; ἐν παραλόγῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι BC 2.146 ; παράδοξα μέν, οὐ μὴν π. Cleanth. ap. Epict. 4.1.173. Adv. -γως, εἰκῇ καὶ π. 1.74.14, etc. 3. Gramm., contrary to analogy or rule, irregular, Pron. 27.26, al. 4. Adv. -γως fraudulently, OGI 665.33 (Egypt, i A.D.). II. παράλογος, ὁ, as Subst., incalculable element, τοῦ πολέμου ὁ π. 1.78 ; πολύς, μέγας ὁ π., the event is much, greatly contrary to calculation, 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, 8.24 ; τὸ πλείστῳ παραλόγῳ ξυμβαῖνον 2.61.
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