ἄλογος, ον,
without λόγος, hence,
I)
speechless, [
Refs 5th c.BC+].
adverb -ως without speech, [
Refs 5th c.BC+] —ἄ. ἡμέρα, = Latin
dies nefastus,
on which no business may be done, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
I.b)
lacking in eloquence, [
LXX]
I.2)
inexpressive, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
unutterable, ={ἄρρητος}, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
II)
unreasoning, ἡδονή, ὄχλος, etc, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
brutes, animals, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; especiallyin late Greek, ἄλογον, τό, =
horse, [
Refs 2nd c.AD+]
II.2)
not according to reason, irrational, ἄ. δόξα, opposed to ἡ μετὰ λόγου δ, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀλόγῳ πάθει τὴν ἄ. συνασκεῖν αἴσθησιν,
instinctive feeling, in appreciating works of art, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]
II.3)
contrary to reason, absurd, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
unaccountable, unintelligible, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
unfit, unsuited to its end, [
Refs 5th c.BC+];
groundless, [
Refs 2nd c.BC+].
adverb most frequently in this sense, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]:
superlative -ώτατα[
Refs 1st c.BC+]
III)
without reckoning: III.1)
not reckoned upon, unexpected, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
III.2)
not counted, null and void, ἡμέραι[
LXX]
III.3)
active,
not having paid one's reckoning, of an ἐρανιστής, [
Refs]
IV) of magnitudes,
incommensurable, περὶ ἀλόγων γραμμῶν, title of work by [
Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.2) in Rhythm,
irrational, of feet or syllables whose time-relations cannot be expressed by a simple ratio, χορεῖος[
Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἄλογοι, i.e. συλλαβαί, [
Refs 1st c.BC+]:—of the pulse,
unrhythmical, [
Refs 3rd c.BC+]