alogia

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.

Anagrams

• laogai

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /aˈlo.ɡi.a/, [äˈɫ̪ɔɡiä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈlo.d͡ʒi.a/, [äˈlɔːd͡ʒiä]

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

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

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)