ἀλογία
καὶ τοσαύτῃ περιουσίᾳ χρήσασθαι πονηρίας → in the veriest extravagance of malice
English (LSJ)
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
A want of respect or regard, ἀλογίην εἶχον τοῦ χρηστηρίου took no heed of it, Hdt.4.150; ἐν ἀλογίῃ ἔχειν or ποιεῖσθαί τι 6.75, 7.226:—in 2.141 ἐν ἀλογίῃσι ἔχειν παραχρησάμενον τῶν Αἰγυπτίων, gen. is anacoluthon (as if ἀλογίην ἔχειν τῶν Αἰγ.) ; ἀλογίης ἐγκυρῆσαι to be disregarded, 7.208 codd.:—this sense is Ion. and late Prose, ἐν ἀλογίᾳ ποιεῖσθαί τι Procop.Pers.1.2, al. 2 Att., want of reason, absurdity, opp. λόγος, Pl.Tht.207c, cf. 199d, Phd.67e, D.23.168; πολλὴ ἀ. τῆς διανοίας Th.5.111; concrete, the irrational part of the soul, Porph.Abst.1.42. 3 confusion, disorder, Plb.15.14.2; τύχη ἐν ἀλογίᾳ κειμένη Plot.6.8.17:—speechlessness, amazement, Plb. 36.7.4. 4 indecision, doubt, Paus.7.17.6. 5 Rhythm., irrationality, relation of time-elements which cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, Aristox.Rhyth.2.20.
