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Latin
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδοξος (parádoxos, “contrary to expectation”).
Pronunciation
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.
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.
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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016