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 • (parádoxos)
- contrary to expectation, strange, incredible
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.