English

Noun

alogia ‎(uncountable)

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

Translations

Anagrams

• laogai

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈlo.ɡi.a/, [aˈɫɔ.ɡi.a]

Noun

alogia f ‎(genitive alogiae); first declension

1. Irrational conduct or action; nonsense, folly.
2. Dumbness, muteness.

Inflection

First declension.

Related terms

• alogus

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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “alogia”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Portuguese

Noun

alogia f (plural alogias)

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

Synonyms

• (nonsense): besteira, absurdo