παράδοξος
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From παρά (pará, “beyond”) + δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”) + -ος (-os).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /pa.rá.dok.sos/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /paˈra.dok.sos/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /paˈra.ðok.sos/
Adjective
πᾰρᾰ́δοξος • (părắdoxos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́δοξον); second declension
- 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: |
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Derived terms
- παραδοξάζω (paradoxázō)
- παραδοξασμός (paradoxasmós)
- παραδοξία (paradoxía)
- παραδοξογράφος (paradoxográphos)
- παραδοξολόγος (paradoxológos)
- παραδοξονίκης (paradoxoníkēs)
- παραδοξοποιός (paradoxopoiós)
- παραδοξότης (paradoxótēs)
Descendants
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[1], 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)
Declension
| 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
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