παραδόξου (paradoxou)

παραδόξου is an Ancient Greek form of παράδοξος, meaning “unexpected, incredible”. It is the genitive singular neuter adjective.

Found 70 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Pompey 14.6: … ον δʼ ἐστὶν ὅτι καὶ βουλῆς ἂν ἐθελήσας τότε ῥᾳδίως ἔτυχεν. ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἐσπούδασεν, ὡς λέγουσι, τὸ ἔνδοξον ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου θηρώμενος. οὐ γὰρ ἦν θαυμαστὸν εἰ πρὸ ἡλικίας ἐβούλευε Πομπήϊος, ἀλλʼ ὑπέρλαμπρον ὅτι μηδέπω βουλεύων ἐθριάμβ …

Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 3.1: Παραδόξου δὲ τῆς σωτηρίας τοῖς Ἑβραίοις οὕτως γενομένης δεινῶς ἐλύπει πάλιν αὐτοὺς ἀγομένους ἐπὶ τὸ Σιναῖον ὄρος ἡ χώρα …

All forms of παράδοξος (declension table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.