out of place, strange, absurd
Ancient Greek word, found 745 times in the texts on Socratos.
Thucydides, History of the Peloponnesian War 2.49.2: τοὺς δὲ ἄλλους ἀπ’ οὐδεμιᾶς προφάσεως, ἀλλ’ ἐξαίφνης ὑγιεῖς ὄντας πρῶτον μὲν τῆς κεφαλῆς θέρμαι ἰσχυραὶ καὶ τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἐρυθήματα καὶ φλόγωσις ἐλάμβανε, καὶ τὰ ἐντός, ἥ τε φάρυγξ καὶ ἡ γλῶσσα, εὐθὺς αἱματώδη ἦν καὶ πνεῦμα ἄτοπον καὶ δυσῶδες ἠφίει·
Diogenes Laertius, Vitae philosophorum 2.8.88: … ἡδονὴν ἀγαθὸν κἂν ἀπὸ τῶν ἀσχημοτάτων γένηται, καθά φησιν Ἱππόβοτος ἐν τῷ Περὶ αἱρέσεων. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἡ πρᾶξις ἄτοπος εἴη, ἀλλʼ οὖν ἡ ἡδονὴ διʼ αὑτὴν αἱρετὴ καὶ ἀγαθόν.
Euripides, Ion 690: ἄτοπος ἄτοπα γὰρ δίδωσί μοι,
All forms of ἄτοπος