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.HA599b15; 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.CP1.3.2 (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.EN1135b16 : Sup. “-ώτατα” J.BJ2.19.7.
2. (“λόγος” 111) beyond reason, unreasonable, “τὰ π. καὶ ἄτοπα” Plu.2.626e, etc.; “ἐν παραλόγῳ ποιεῖσθαί τι” App.BC2.146 ; 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.
