paradoxus
Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “contrary to expectation”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [pa.raˈdɔk.sʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.raˈd̪ɔk.sus]
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.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | paradoxus | paradoxa | paradoxum | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxa | |
| genitive | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxī | paradoxōrum | paradoxārum | paradoxōrum | |
| dative | paradoxō | paradoxae | paradoxō | paradoxīs | |||
| accusative | paradoxum | paradoxam | paradoxum | paradoxōs | paradoxās | paradoxa | |
| ablative | paradoxō | paradoxā | paradoxō | paradoxīs | |||
| vocative | paradoxe | paradoxa | paradoxum | paradoxī | paradoxae | paradoxa | |
Derived terms
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.
| 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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016