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ἀλογ-ία , Ion. -ιη, ,
2. Att., want of reason, absurdity, opp. λόγος, Pl.Tht.207c, cf. 199d, Phd.67e, D.23.168; “πολλὴ . τῆς διανοίαςTh.5.111; concrete, the irrational part of the soul, Porph.Abst.1.42.
3. confusion, disorder, Plb.15.14.2; “τύχη ἐν ἀλογίᾳ κειμένηPlot.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.
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    • Demosthenes, Against Aristocrates, 168
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.141
    • Herodotus, Histories, 6.75
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.150
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.208
    • Herodotus, Histories, 7.226
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.17.6
    • Plato, Phaedo, 67e
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 199d
    • Plato, Theaetetus, 207c
    • Thucydides, Histories, 5.111
    • Polybius, Histories, 15.14.2
    • Polybius, Histories, 36.7.4
    • Procopius, de Bellis, 1.2
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