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 • (parádoxos)

1. 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.