παραλογισμός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From πᾰρᾰλογῐ́ζομαι (părălogĭ́zomai, “to cheat; to use fallacies”) +‎ -μός (-mós).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡiz.mós/ → /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/ → /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡiz.mós/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ɡizˈmos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.lo.ʝizˈmos/

Noun

πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός • (părălogĭsmós) m (genitive πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ); second declension

1. false reasoning, fallacy
2. weakness of reasoning power
3. deception, fraud

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός; τοῦ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμός ho părălogĭsmós	τὼ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ tṑ părălogĭsmṓ	οἱ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοί hoi părălogĭsmoí
Genitive	τοῦ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῦ toû părălogĭsmoû	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖν toîn părălogĭsmoîn	τῶν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμῶν tôn părălogĭsmôn
Dative	τῷ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμῷ tôi părălogĭsmôi	τοῖν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖν toîn părălogĭsmoîn	τοῖς πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοῖς toîs părălogĭsmoîs
Accusative	τὸν πᾰρᾰλογῐσμόν tòn părălogĭsmón	τὼ πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ tṑ părălogĭsmṓ	τοὺς πᾰρᾰλογῐσμούς toùs părălogĭsmoús
Vocative	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμέ părălogĭsmé	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμώ părălogĭsmṓ	πᾰρᾰλογῐσμοί părălogĭsmoí
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Further reading

• “παραλογισμός”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παραλογισμός in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette