ἄλογον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /á.lo.ɡon/ → /ˈa.lo.ɣon/ → /ˈa.lo.ɣon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /á.lo.ɡon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɡon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈa.lo.ɣon/

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

ἄλογον • (álogon)

1. inflection of ἄλογος (álogos):
   1. neuter nominative/vocative singular
   2. masculine/feminine/neuter accusative singular

Etymology 2

Neuter form of ἄλογος (álogos, “unreasoning, speechless”, adjective). Used in the military to differentiate between soldiers—beings with reason and speech—and animals—unreasoning, "ἄλογον ζῷον (álogon zôion)". As soldiers mostly used horses, the meaning has been associated with them. Morphologically ἀ- (a-, “without”) +‎ λόγος (lógos, “reason, speech”).

Noun

ἄλογον • (álogon) n (genitive ἀλόγου); second declension

1. (in the plural) animal, beast, brute
2. (Koine, Byzantine) horse

Declension

Second declension of τὸ ἄλογον; τοῦ ἀλόγου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ ἄλογον tò álogon	τὼ ἀλόγω tṑ alógō	τᾰ̀ ἄλογᾰ tà áloga
Genitive	τοῦ ἀλόγου toû alógou	τοῖν ἀλόγοιν toîn alógoin	τῶν ἀλόγων tôn alógōn
Dative	τῷ ἀλόγῳ tôi alógōi	τοῖν ἀλόγοιν toîn alógoin	τοῖς ἀλόγοις toîs alógois
Accusative	τὸ ἄλογον tò álogon	τὼ ἀλόγω tṑ alógō	τᾰ̀ ἄλογᾰ tà áloga
Vocative	ἄλογον álogon	ἀλόγω alógō	ἄλογᾰ áloga
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: άλογο (álogo)
• Mariupol Greek: а́лгу (álhu)

Further reading

• ἄλογον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• ἄλογον in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
• ἄλογον in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften