- ἄτοπος
- ἄτοπος, ον (s. τόπος; Eur., Pre-Socr. et al.; pap, LXX [Job; Pr 30:20; 2 Macc 14:23], Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat., Ath.; Ath. R. 73, 15 al.) from the perception of someth. ‘not in its proper place’, ‘out of place’, it is but a short step to the metaph. sense of someth. that is ‘unusual’, i.e. does not correspond to normal expectation (τόπος; cp. the wordplay τρία σώματα ἔσται ἐν τῷ αὐτῷ τόπῳ ἀτοπωτάτου τούτου ὑπάρχοντος Albinus 11).① pert. to being out of the ordinary, unusual, surprising (Thu. 3, 38, 5; Pla., Leg. 1 p. 646b; PTebt 800, 37), ‘abnormal’, or ‘hazardous’ (Thu. 2, 49, 2; Herodian 4, 11, 4; Jos., Ant. 8, 378 the enemies of Samuel are not able to sustain any charges of ‘unusual’ conduct; 11, 134 of hazards that might befall travelers) μηδὲν ἄ. εἰς αὐτὸν γινόμενον nothing unusual happened to him Ac 28:6 (the normal expectation in the case of a pers. bitten by a poisonous snake would be extraordinary divine retribution, s. vs 4). Cp. the self-vindication of the Roman poet Horace after a wolf fled from him (Odes 1, 22, 9–12).② pert. to being behaviorally out of place, evil, wrong, improper (Plut., Mor. 27f; SEG XLI, 328, 41; PPetr II, 19 (1a), 5f; UPZ 5, 12 [163 B.C.]; Philo, Leg. All. 3, 53; Jos., Ant. 6, 88; Job 11:11; 35:13) (w. πονηρός) ἄνθρωποι 2 Th 3:2; ποιεῖν τὰ ἄ. (Polyb. 5, 11, 1; Job 34:12) do what is improper Pol 5:3; οὐδὲν ἄ. ἔπραξεν (ἄ. πράσσειν: Dio Chrys. 10 [11], 65; Aristipp. in Diog. L. 2, 93; PPetr III, 43 (3), 17f [III B.C.]; UPZ 5, 12; BGU 757, 21 [12 A.D.]; PBrem 2:12 [II A.D.]; Job 27:6; Pr 30:20; 2 Macc 14:23) Lk 23:41; cp. Ac 25:5. ἄτοπόν ἐστιν it is wrong, absurd (Philo, Mos. 1, 308) IMg 10:3.—DELG s.v. τόπος. M-M.
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