paradoxus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “contrary to expectation”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈdok.sus/, [päräˈd̪ɔks̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.raˈdok.sus/, [päräˈd̪ɔksus]

Adjective

paradoxus (feminine paradoxa, neuter paradoxum); first/second-declension adjective

1. contrary to expectation
2. paradoxical
3. marvellous, strange

   Synonyms: admīrābilis, mīrābilis, mīrus

4. 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

• paradoxum

Noun

paradoxus m (genitive paradoxī); second declension

1. 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)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934) “paradoxus”, in Dictionnaire illustré latin-français [Illustrated Latin-French Dictionary] (in French), Hachette.
• paradoxus in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎^[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016