analogon

From the neuter of Ancient Greek ἀνάλογος (análogos).

analogon (plural analoga or analogons)

1. An analogue.
   • 1853, Laurens Perseus Hickok, A System of Moral Science, page 58:

     The rectilineal as opposed to curvature is an analogon of worthiness as opposed to happiness; as opposed to obliquity, it is an analogon of equity as opposed to partiality.

2. (philosophy) According to Sartre, an equivalent of perception (such as a painting or a mental image) that is necessary for the process of imagination to take place.

• analogate

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analogon m (plural analogons)

1. (psychology) the other
2. analogue

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀνάλογον (análogon).^[1] First attested in 1838.^[2]

• IPA^(key): /a.naˈlɔ.ɡɔn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɡɔn
• Syllabification: a‧na‧lo‧gon

analogon m inan

1. (literary) analogon (analog)

   Synonyms: analog, odpowiednik

• analogon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• analogon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego