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ἀλογέω

ε-contract Verb; Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἀλογέω

Structure: ἀλογέ (Stem) + ω (Ending)

Etym.: a)/logos

Sense

  1. to pay no regard to, to be disregardful of
  2. to be out of one's senses

Conjugation

Present tense

Active
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀλόγω ἀλόγεις ἀλόγει
Dual ἀλόγειτον ἀλόγειτον
Plural ἀλόγουμεν ἀλόγειτε ἀλόγουσιν*
SubjunctiveSingular ἀλόγω ἀλόγῃς ἀλόγῃ
Dual ἀλόγητον ἀλόγητον
Plural ἀλόγωμεν ἀλόγητε ἀλόγωσιν*
OptativeSingular ἀλόγοιμι ἀλόγοις ἀλόγοι
Dual ἀλόγοιτον ἀλογοίτην
Plural ἀλόγοιμεν ἀλόγοιτε ἀλόγοιεν
ImperativeSingular ἀλο͂γει ἀλογεῖτω
Dual ἀλόγειτον ἀλογεῖτων
Plural ἀλόγειτε ἀλογοῦντων, ἀλογεῖτωσαν
Infinitive ἀλόγειν
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀλογων ἀλογουντος ἀλογουσα ἀλογουσης ἀλογουν ἀλογουντος
Middle/Passive
1st person2nd person3rd person
IndicativeSingular ἀλόγουμαι ἀλόγει, ἀλόγῃ ἀλόγειται
Dual ἀλόγεισθον ἀλόγεισθον
Plural ἀλογοῦμεθα ἀλόγεισθε ἀλόγουνται
SubjunctiveSingular ἀλόγωμαι ἀλόγῃ ἀλόγηται
Dual ἀλόγησθον ἀλόγησθον
Plural ἀλογώμεθα ἀλόγησθε ἀλόγωνται
OptativeSingular ἀλογοίμην ἀλόγοιο ἀλόγοιτο
Dual ἀλόγοισθον ἀλογοίσθην
Plural ἀλογοίμεθα ἀλόγοισθε ἀλόγοιντο
ImperativeSingular ἀλόγου ἀλογεῖσθω
Dual ἀλόγεισθον ἀλογεῖσθων
Plural ἀλόγεισθε ἀλογεῖσθων, ἀλογεῖσθωσαν
Infinitive ἀλόγεισθαι
Participle MasculineFeminineNeuter
ἀλογουμενος ἀλογουμενου ἀλογουμενη ἀλογουμενης ἀλογουμενον ἀλογουμενου

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ μηδὲν ἄλλο ταύτησ ἀκριβέστερον ζητεῖν κριτήριον, τοῦτο κἀγὼ τοῖσ ἀναγινώσκουσι τὸν Λυσίαν καὶ τίσ ἡ παρ’ αὐτῷ χάρισ ἐστὶ βουλομένοισ μαθεῖν ὑποθείμην ἂν ἐπιτηδεύειν, χρόνῳ πολλῷ καὶ μακρᾷ τριβῇ καὶ ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄλογον συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, chapter 11 2:1)
  • "ἣν δὲ ταύταισ ἐπεισάγουσιν οἱ ἁρμονικοὶ διὰ πασῶν καὶ διὰ τεσσάρων ὀνομάζοντεσ, ἔξω μέτρου βαίνουσαν, οὐκ ἄξιόν ἐστι δέχεσθαι, τῆσ ἀκοῆσ τῷ ἀλόγῳ παρὰ τὸν λόγον ὥσπερ νόμον χαριζομένουσ. (Plutarch, De E apud Delphos, section 109)
  • τῷ μὲν ἀλόγῳ τὸ ταραχῶδεσ, τῷ δὲ λογικῷ τὸ εὔτακτον, ταῖσ δ’ αἰσθήσεσι τὸ κατηναγκασμένον, τῷ δὲ νῷ τὸ αὐτοκρατέσ. (Plutarch, De animae procreatione in Timaeo, section 27 9:1)
  • τῷ μέντοι παθητικῷ καὶ ἀλόγῳ μέχρι παντὸσ ὡσ διαφέροντι τοῦ λογιστικοῦ χρώμενοσ διετέλεσεν, οὐχ ὅτι παντελῶσ ἄλογόν ἐστιν ὥσπερ τὸ αἰσθητικὸν ἢ τὸ θρεπτικὸν καὶ φυτικὸν τῆσ ψυχῆσ μέροσ· (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 3 16:1)
  • ταῦτα τοίνυν καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα διακρουόμενοι τὰσ ἐπιτάσεισ τῶν παθῶν καὶ τὰσ σφοδρότητασ οὔ φασι γίγνεσθαι κατὰ τὴν κρίσιν ἐν ᾗ τὸ ἁμαρτητικόν, ἀλλὰ τὰσ δήξεισ καὶ τὰσ συστολὰσ καὶ τὰσ διαχύσεισ εἶναι τὰσ τὸ μᾶλλον καὶ τὸ ἧττον τῷ ἀλόγῳ δεχομένασ. (Plutarch, De virtute morali, section 10 7:2)

Synonyms

  1. to pay no regard to

  2. to be out of one's senses

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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