ἄλογος

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A without λόγος, hence,    I speechless, Pl.Lg.696e. Adv. -ως without speech, S.OC131, Isoc.3.9:—ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Lat. dies nefastus, on which no business may be done, Luc.Lex.9.    b lacking in eloquence, LXX Ex.6.12.    2 inexpressive, Pl. Tht.203a; unutterable, = ἄρρητος, S.Fr.262.    II unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc., Pl.R.591c, Ti.42d, etc.; τὰ ἄλογα brutes, animals, Democr.164, Pl.Prt.321b, X.Hier.7.3; esp.in late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, = horse, POxy. 138.29 (610 A.D.), PGen.14 (late).    2 not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opp. ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ., Pl.Tht.201c; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν, instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, D.H.Lys.11; ἄ. πάθος Id.Comp.23.    3 contrary to reason, absurd, Th.6.85, Pl.Tht.203d; unaccountable, unintelligible, Lys.26.19; unfit, unsuited to its end, Th.1.32; groundless, Plb.3.15.9; ἀηδία PRyl.144.15 (38 A.D.). Adv. most freq. in this sense, Pl.R. 439d, etc.; οὐκ ἀ. οὐδ' ἀκαίρως Isoc.15.10: Sup. -ώτατα Phld.Ir. p.44 W.    III without reckoning:    1 not reckoned upon, unexpected, Th.6.46 (Comp.).    2 not counted, null and void, ἡμέραι LXX Nu.6.12.    3 Act., not having paid one's reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, EM70.31.    IV of magnitudes, incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by Democr., cf. Arist.APo. 76b9, LI968b18, Euc.10.Def.10, etc.    2 in Rhythm, irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος Aristox.Rhyth.2.20; ἄλογοι, sc. συλλαβαί, D.H. Comp.20:—in Music, ἄ. διαστήματα Plu.2.1145d:—of the pulse, unrhythmical, Herophil. ap.Ruf.Syn.Puls.4.3.