παράδοξος

From παρά (pará, “beyond”) +‎ δόξα (dóxa, “expectation”) +‎ -ος (-os).

πᾰρᾰ́δοξος • (parádoxos) m or f (neuter πᾰρᾰ́δοξον); second declension

1. contrary to expectation, strange, incredible

   Synonym: παράξενος (paráxenos)

• Greek: παράδοξος (parádoxos)
• → Latin: paradoxus
  • → English: paradox
  • Italian: paradosso

• “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, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • expectation idem, page 293.
  • paradoxical idem, page 591.
  • unexpected idem, page 917.

From Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos).

• IPA^(key): /paˈɾa.ðo.ksos/
• Hyphenation: πα‧ρά‧δο‧ξος

παράδοξος • (parádoxos) m (feminine παράδοξη, neuter παράδοξο)

1. strange, paradoxical

• παράδοξος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language