παράδοξος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρά (pará, “beyond”) +‎ δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”) +‎ -ος (-os).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rá.dok.sos/ → /paˈra.ðok.sos/ → /paˈra.ðok.sos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rá.dok.sos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈra.dok.sos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/

Adjective

πᾰρᾰ́δοξος • (părắdoxos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́δοξον); second declension

1. contrary to expectation, strange, incredible

   Synonym: παράξενος (paráxenos)

Declension

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρᾰ́δοξος părắdoxos	πᾰρᾰ́δοξον părắdoxon		πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō	πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō		πᾰρᾰ́δοξοι părắdoxoi	πᾰρᾰ́δοξᾰ părắdoxă
Genitive		πᾰρᾰδόξου părădóxou	πᾰρᾰδόξου părădóxou		πᾰρᾰδόξοιν părădóxoin	πᾰρᾰδόξοιν părădóxoin		πᾰρᾰδόξων părădóxōn	πᾰρᾰδόξων părădóxōn
Dative		πᾰρᾰδόξῳ părădóxōi	πᾰρᾰδόξῳ părădóxōi		πᾰρᾰδόξοιν părădóxoin	πᾰρᾰδόξοιν părădóxoin		πᾰρᾰδόξοις părădóxois	πᾰρᾰδόξοις părădóxois
Accusative		πᾰρᾰ́δοξον părắdoxon	πᾰρᾰ́δοξον părắdoxon		πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō	πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō		πᾰρᾰδόξους părădóxous	πᾰρᾰ́δοξᾰ părắdoxă
Vocative		πᾰρᾰ́δοξε părắdoxe	πᾰρᾰ́δοξον părắdoxon		πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō	πᾰρᾰδόξω părădóxō		πᾰρᾰ́δοξοι părắdoxoi	πᾰρᾰ́δοξᾰ părắdoxă
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		πᾰρᾰδόξως părădóxōs			πᾰρᾰδοξώτερος părădoxṓteros			πᾰρᾰδοξώτᾰτος părădoxṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of πᾰρᾰ́δοξος; πᾰρᾰ́δοξον (Attic)

Derived terms

• παραδοξάζω (paradoxázō)
• παραδοξασμός (paradoxasmós)
• παραδοξία (paradoxía)
• παραδοξογράφος (paradoxográphos)
• παραδοξολόγος (paradoxológos)
• παραδοξονίκης (paradoxoníkēs)
• παραδοξοποιός (paradoxopoiós)
• παραδοξότης (paradoxótēs)

Descendants

• Greek: παράδοξος (parádoxos)
• → Latin: paradoxus
  • → English: paradox
  • Italian: paradosso

Further reading

• “παράδοξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “παράδοξος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράδοξος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G3861 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • expectation idem, page 293.
  • paradoxical idem, page 591.
  • unexpected idem, page 917.

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.ðo.ksos/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧δο‧ξος

Adjective

παράδοξος • (parádoxos) m (feminine παράδοξη, neuter παράδοξο)

1. strange, paradoxical

Declension

Declension of παράδοξος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	παράδοξος (parádoxos)	παράδοξη (parádoxi)	παράδοξο (parádoxo)		παράδοξοι (parádoxoi)	παράδοξες (parádoxes)	παράδοξα (parádoxa)
genitive	παράδοξου (parádoxou)	παράδοξης (parádoxis)	παράδοξου (parádoxou)		παράδοξων (parádoxon)	παράδοξων (parádoxon)	παράδοξων (parádoxon)
accusative	παράδοξο (parádoxo)	παράδοξη (parádoxi)	παράδοξο (parádoxo)		παράδοξους (parádoxous)	παράδοξες (parádoxes)	παράδοξα (parádoxa)
vocative	παράδοξε (parádoxe)	παράδοξη (parádoxi)	παράδοξο (parádoxo)		παράδοξοι (parádoxoi)	παράδοξες (parádoxes)	παράδοξα (parádoxa)

Derivations:
Comparative: πιο + positive forms (e.g. πιο παράδοξος, etc.)
Relative superlative: definite article + πιο + positive forms (e.g. ο πιο παράδοξος, etc.)

Derived terms

• παράδοξα (parádoxa, adverb)
• παράδοξο n (parádoxo, noun)
• παραδόξως (paradóxos, adverb)

Related terms

• παραδοξογράφος m (paradoxográfos)
• παραδοξολόγημα n (paradoxológima)
• παραδοξολογία f (paradoxología)
• παραδοξολόγος (paradoxológos)
• παραδοξολογώ (paradoxologó)
• παραδοξότητα f (paradoxótita)

Further reading

• παράδοξος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language