ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΑ, παραλογα
PARALOGA, paraloga
Sounds Like: pa-ra-LOH-gah
Translations: unreasonable, absurd, illogical, contrary to reason, irrational, unexpected, surprisingly
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Adverb
Explanation: This word describes something that is contrary to reason, illogical, or absurd. It can also refer to something unexpected or surprising. As an adjective, it modifies a noun, indicating that the noun possesses these qualities. As an adverb, it describes an action or state as being done in an unreasonable or illogical manner.
Inflection: Neuter, Plural, Nominative or Accusative (as an adjective); or Adverbial form
Strong’s number: G3870 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 10 — 2:28
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΙ — unreasonable, absurd, irrational, illogical, an unreasonable thing, an absurdity
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΝ — unreasonable, absurd, irrational, unexpected, contrary to reason, an unreasonable thing, an absurd thing
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΣ — contrary to reason, unreasonable, absurd, unexpected, unforeseen
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΟΥ — unexpected, unreasonable, absurd, contrary to expectation, a surprise, an unexpected event, of the unexpected, of the unreasonable
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΣ — unreasonably, absurdly, improperly, contrary to reason, unexpectedly
- ΠΑΡΑΛΟΓΩΤΑΤΑ — most unreasonably, most absurdly, most illogically, most contrary to reason
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