paradoxus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “contrary to expectation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.raˈdok.sus/, [päräˈd̪ɔks̠ʊs̠]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /pa.raˈdok.sus/, [päräˈd̪ɔksus]
Adjective
paradoxus (feminine paradoxa, neuter paradoxum); first/second-declension adjective
- contrary to expectation
- paradoxical
- marvellous, strange
- Synonyms: admīrābilis, mīrābilis, mīrus
- uncharacteristic (as a taxonomic epithet)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | paradoxus | paradoxa | paradoxum | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxa | |
| Genitive | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxī | paradoxōrum | paradoxārum | paradoxōrum | |
| Dative | paradoxō | paradoxō | paradoxīs | ||||
| Accusative | paradoxum | paradoxam | paradoxum | paradoxōs | paradoxās | paradoxa | |
| Ablative | paradoxō | paradoxā | paradoxō | paradoxīs | |||
| Vocative | paradoxe | paradoxa | paradoxum | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxa | |
Derived terms
- paradoxum
Noun
paradoxus m (genitive paradoxī); second declension
- Someone who, contrary to expectation, has won in both the lucta (a wrestling match) and in the pancratium (a gymnastic contest which included both boxing and wrestling) on the same day.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | paradoxus | paradoxī |
| Genitive | paradoxī | paradoxōrum |
| Dative | paradoxō | paradoxīs |
| Accusative | paradoxum | paradoxōs |
| Ablative | paradoxō | paradoxīs |
| Vocative | paradoxe | paradoxī |
References
- “paradoxus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- paradoxus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- paradoxus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- paradoxus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016