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|Definition=ον, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[contrary to expectation]], [[incredible]], παράδοξος [[λόγος]] = a [[paradox]], <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>472a</span>; π. τε καὶ ψεῦδος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Plt.</span>281a</span>; παράδοξα λέγειν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>7.2.16</span>; ἂν παράδοξον εἴπω <span class="bibl">D.3.10</span>; <b class="b3">ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου καὶ παραλόγου</b> [[contrary to all expectation]], <span class="bibl">Id.25.32</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Phld.<span class="title">Vit.</span>p.23</span> J.; πολλὰ ποικίλλει χρόνος παράδοξα καὶ θαυμαστά <span class="bibl">Men.593</span>; π. μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>1.6</span>; τὸ ἔνδοξον ἐκ τοῦ π. θηρώμενος <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Pomp.</span>14</span>; [[παράδοξα]] Stoical [[paradox]]es, Id.2.1060b sq.: Comp., Phld.<span class="title">Mus.</span>p.72 K., <span class="bibl">Plot.4.9.2</span>: Sup., <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Wi.</span>16.17</span>. Adv. [[παραδόξως]] = [[in a strange manner]], [[in a surprising manner]] <span class="bibl">Aeschin.2.40</span>, <span class="bibl">Plb.1.21.11</span>, Dsc.4.83: Sup. παραδοξότατα <span class="bibl">D.C.67.11</span>; παραδοξοτάτως Gal.7.876. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[παράδοξος]], title of [[distinguished]] [[athlete]]s, [[musician]]s, and [[artist]]s of all kinds, the [[admirable|Admirable]], IG3.1442, 14.916, <span class="bibl">Arr.<span class="title">Epict.</span>2.18.22</span>, <span class="title">IGRom.</span>4.468 (Pergam., iii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PHamb.</span>21.3</span> (iv A. D.), <span class="title">Rev.Ét.Gr.</span>42.434 (Delph.), etc.</span>