παράδοξος
ὁ δ' εὖ ἔρδων θεοὺς ἐλπίδι κυδροτέρᾳ σαίνει κέαρ → but he who does well to the gods cheers his heart with a more glorious hope
English (LSJ)
ον,
A contrary to expectation, incredible, π. λόγος a paradox, Pl.R.472a; π. τε καὶ ψεῦδος Id.Plt.281a; παράδοξα λέγειν X.Cyr.7.2.16; ἂν παράδοξον εἴπω D.3.10; ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου καὶ παραλόγου contrary to all expectation, Id.25.32, cf. Phld.Vit.p.23 J.; πολλὰ ποικίλλει χρόνος π. καὶ θαυμαστά Men.593; π. μοι τὸ πρᾶγμα Thphr.Char.1.6; τὸ ἔνδοξον ἐκ τοῦ π. θηρώμενος Plu.Pomp.14; παράδοξα Stoical paradoxes, Id.2.1060b sq.: Comp., Phld.Mus.p.72 K., Plot.4.9.2: Sup., LXX Wi.16.17. Adv. -ξως Aeschin.2.40, Plb.1.21.11, Dsc.4.83: Sup. -ότατα D.C.67.11; -οτάτως Gal.7.876. II παράδοξος, title of distinguished athletes, musicians, and artists of all kinds, the Admirable, IG3.1442, 14.916, Arr.Epict.2.18.22, IGRom.4.468 (Pergam., iii A. D.), PHamb.21.3 (iv A. D.), Rev.Ét.Gr.42.434 (Delph.), etc.
German (Pape)
[Seite 477] wider Erwarten, wider die gewöhnliche Meinung oder Ansicht, daher unerwartet, unglaublich, sonderbar, wunderbar; παράδοξον τὸ λεγόμενον, Plat. Legg. VII, 821 a; λόγος, Rep. V, 471 a; Xen. Cyr. 7, 2, 16 u. Folgde; καὶ ἐπιφανεῖς πράξεις, Pol. 1, 36, 3; ἐκ τοῦ παραδόξου καὶ παραλόγου vrbdt Dem. 25, 32. – Auch adv., Pol. 1, 21, 11.
