ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΥ, παραδοξου
PARADOXOU, paradoxou
Sounds Like: pah-rah-DOX-oo
Translations: of paradox, of unexpected, of incredible, of strange, of wonderful, of contrary to opinion
From the root: ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes something that is contrary to common opinion or expectation. It can refer to something unexpected, incredible, strange, or even wonderful, depending on the context. It is often used to highlight a surprising or unusual quality of a noun.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Instances
Aristeas
- Aristeas’ Letter to Philocrates — 1:175
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Six — 2:10
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑ — paradoxical, strange, wonderful, marvelous, extraordinary things, wonders
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΑΤΩΝ — of paradoxical things, of unexpected things, of strange things, of wonderful things, of marvelous things
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΣ — paradoxical, strange, unusual, unexpected, marvelous, wonderful, incredible
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΤΑΤΟΝ — most paradoxical, most incredible, most astonishing, most unexpected, most contrary to expectation
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΤΕΡΟΥΣ — more paradoxical, more strange, more unusual, more unexpected
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΟΥΣ — paradoxical, strange, wonderful, marvelous, incredible, unexpected
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩ — paradoxical, unexpected, contrary to expectation, strange, wonderful, marvelous, incredible
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΝ — of paradoxes, of unexpected things, of marvelous things, of strange things, of incredible things
- ΠΑΡΑΔΟΞΩΣ — unexpectedly, surprisingly, strangely, contrary to expectation, paradoxically
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