paradisus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos).

Pronunciation

Noun

paradīsus m (genitive paradīsī); second declension

  1. park, orchard
  2. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Eden, the paradise home of the first humans
  3. (Ecclesiastical Latin) Paradise, the abode of the blessed after death

Declension

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Descendants

References

  • paradisus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • paradisus 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)
  • paradisus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
  • paradisus”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • paradisus”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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