alogia

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλογία (alogía, “absurdity; confusion; irrationality; speechlessness”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ logo- +‎ -ia.

Noun

alogia (uncountable)

  1. A general lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech, a common symptom of schizophrenia.

Translations

lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀλογία (alogía, “absurdity; confusion; irrationality; speechlessness”).

Pronunciation

Noun

alogia f (genitive alogiae); first declension

  1. irrational conduct or action; nonsense, folly
  2. dumbness, muteness
  3. (Late Latin) banquet, food get-together
    Synonyms: epulae, convīvium, cēna, daps, dominium, cōmissātiō, fēsta

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative alogia alogiae
genitive alogiae alogiārum
dative alogiae alogiīs
accusative alogiam alogiās
ablative alogiā alogiīs
vocative alogia alogiae

References

  • “alogia”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • alogia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • alogia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Kramer, Johannes (2010) “11. ἀλογία / alogia”, in Von der Papyrologie zur Romanistik (Archiv für Papyrusforschung und verwandte Gebiete; Beiheft 30), De Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 157–164

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

  • Hyphenation: a‧lo‧gi‧a

Noun

alogia f (plural alogias)

  1. (dated) absurdity; nonsense
    Synonyms: besteira, absurdo
  2. (psychology) alogia (lack of additional, unprompted content in normal speech)
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