παράξενος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From παρα- (para-) +‎ ξένος (xénos).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /pa.rák.se.nos/ → /paˈrak.se.nos/ → /paˈrak.se.nos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /pa.rák.se.nos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /paˈrak.se.nos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /paˈrak.se.nos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /paˈrak.se.nos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /paˈrak.se.nos/

Adjective

πᾰρᾰ́ξενος • (părắxenos) m or f (neuter πᾰράξενον); second declension

1. half-foreign, counterfeit
2. strange, extraordinary

Declension

Second declension of πᾰρᾰ́ξενος; πᾰρᾰ́ξενον (Attic)

Number		Singular				Dual				Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		πᾰρᾰ́ξενος părắxenos		πᾰρᾰ́ξενον părắxenon		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰ́ξενοι părắxenoi		πᾰρᾰ́ξενᾰ părắxenă
Genitive		πᾰρᾰξένου părăxénou		πᾰρᾰξένου părăxénou		πᾰρᾰξένοιν părăxénoin		πᾰρᾰξένοιν părăxénoin		πᾰρᾰξένων părăxénōn		πᾰρᾰξένων părăxénōn
Dative		πᾰρᾰξένῳ părăxénōi		πᾰρᾰξένῳ părăxénōi		πᾰρᾰξένοιν părăxénoin		πᾰρᾰξένοιν părăxénoin		πᾰρᾰξένοις părăxénois		πᾰρᾰξένοις părăxénois
Accusative		πᾰρᾰ́ξενον părắxenon		πᾰρᾰ́ξενον părắxenon		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰξένους părăxénous		πᾰρᾰ́ξενᾰ părắxenă
Vocative		πᾰρᾰ́ξενε părắxene		πᾰρᾰ́ξενον părắxenon		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰξένω părăxénō		πᾰρᾰ́ξενοι părắxenoi		πᾰρᾰ́ξενᾰ părắxenă
Derived forms		Adverb				Comparative				Superlative
		πᾰρᾰξένως părăxénōs				πᾰρᾰξενώτερος părăxenṓteros				πᾰρᾰξενώτᾰτος părăxenṓtătos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• Greek: παράξενος (paráxenos)

Further reading

• “παράξενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• παράξενος in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• παράξενος in Pape, Wilhelm (1914), Max Sengebusch, editor, Handwörterbuch der griechischen Sprache‎^[1] (in German), 3rd edition, Braunschweig: Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn
• “παράξενος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• παράξενος, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011

Greek

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράξενος (paráxenos), equivalent to παρά- (pará-) +‎ ξένος (xénos, “stranger, foreigner”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾaksenos/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧ξε‧νος

Adjective

παράξενος • (paráxenos) m (feminine παράξενη, neuter παράξενο)

1. (of things) strange, weird, odd, bizarre (deviating from the normal)

   Ο καιρός είναι πολύ παράξενος αυτές τις μέρες.

   O kairós eínai polý paráxenos aftés tis méres.

   The weather is very strange these days.

   Ήταν παράξενο ότι δεν μας είδες εκεί.

   Ítan paráxeno óti den mas eídes ekeí.

   It was odd that you didn't see us there.

2. (of people) strange, weird, odd, peculiar, whacko, oddball (having an unusually strange character or behaviour)

   Από τότε που έγινε το ατύχημα, έχει γίνει πολύ παράξενος.

   Apó tóte pou égine to atýchima, échei gínei polý paráxenos.

   Since the accident happened, he's become very weird.

   Προσπάθησα να της μιλήσω αλλά είναι παράξενη και με αγνόησε εντελώς.

   Prospáthisa na tis milíso allá eínai paráxeni kai me agnóise entelós.

   I tried to talk to her but she's odd and ignored me completely.

Declension

Declension of παράξενος

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	παράξενος (paráxenos)	παράξενη (paráxeni)	παράξενο (paráxeno)		παράξενοι (paráxenoi)	παράξενες (paráxenes)	παράξενα (paráxena)
genitive	παράξενου (paráxenou)	παράξενης (paráxenis)	παράξενου (paráxenou)		παράξενων (paráxenon)	παράξενων (paráxenon)	παράξενων (paráxenon)
accusative	παράξενο (paráxeno)	παράξενη (paráxeni)	παράξενο (paráxeno)		παράξενους (paráxenous)	παράξενες (paráxenes)	παράξενα (paráxena)
vocative	παράξενε (paráxene)	παράξενη (paráxeni)	παράξενο (paráxeno)		παράξενοι (paráxenoi)	παράξενες (paráxenes)	παράξενα (paráxena)

Synonyms

• (strange, of things): αλλόκοτος (allókotos), ασυνήθιστος (asyníthistos), περίεργος (períergos)
• (strange, of people): εκκεντρικός (ekkentrikós), περίεργος (períergos), ιδιότροπος (idiótropos), ανώμαλος (anómalos)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “strange, of things”): κανονικός (kanonikós), συνηθισμένος (synithisménos)

Derived terms

• παράξενα (paráxena, “strangely, oddly, weirdly”) (adverb)
• παραξενιά f (paraxeniá, “strangeness, oddness, weirdness”)
• παραξενιάζω (paraxeniázo, “to become strange”)

Further reading

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