παράλογος

A. λόγος 1, 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 111) beyond reason, unreasonable, τὰ π. καὶ ἄτοπα Plu. 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.