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παράλογος, beyond calculation, unexpected, unlooked for

παρά-λογος, ον, (λόγος I, IV. 1 fin.)
  • beyond calculation, unexpected, unlooked for, ἄτοπον καὶ π. Arist. de An. 411a14; π. τι ἡ τύχη Id. Ph. 197a18; π. ἀτυχήματα Id. Rh. 1374b7; εὐδίαι Id. HA 599b15; αἱ π. τῶν βαρβάρων ἔφοδοι casual, uncertain, Plb. 2.35.6; strange, π. πόθος Palaeph. 52; π. καὶ ἀπρεπὴς βούλησις Hdn. 1.16.4; παράλογον, τό, an unexpected event, τὰ π. τῆς τύχης D.S. 17.66, etc.; εἴ τι σπάνιον καὶ ὡς ἐν παραλόγῳ abnormal, Thphr. CP 1.3.2 (but παράλογα, over-portions of food given to guests which were not to be reckoned upon, X. Lac. 5.3). Adv. -γως Hp. Aph. 2.27, etc.; τοὺς π. δυστυχοῦντας D. 27.68, cf. Arist. EN 1135b16: Sup. -ώτατα J. BJ 2.19.7.
      • 2 (λόγος III) beyond reason, unreasonable, τὰ π. καὶ ἄτοπα Plu. QConv. 2.626e, etc.; ἐν παραλόγῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι App. BC 2.146; παράδοξα μέν, οὐ μὴν π. Cleanth. ap. Arr. Epict. 4.1.173. Adv. -γως, εἰκῇ καὶ π. Plb. 1.74.14, etc.
      • 3 Gramm., contrary to analogy or rule, irregular, A.D. 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. Th. 1.78; πολύς, μέγας ὁ π., the event is much, greatly contrary to calculation, Id. 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, Id. 8.24; τὸ πλείστῳ παραλόγῳ ξυμβαῖνον Id. 2.61.

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