Elysium
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (πεδίον) (Ēlúsion (pedíon)).
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Proper noun[edit]
Elysium
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The home of the blessed after death.
- A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.
- 1847, Emily Brontë, chapter XXIII, in Wuthering Heights[1]:
- Joseph seemed sitting in a sort of elysium alone, beside a roaring fire; a quart of ale on the table near him, bristling with large pieces of toasted oat-cake; and his black, short pipe in his mouth.
- A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
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Translations[edit]
In mythology: paradise — see also Elysian Fields
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Adjective[edit]
Elysium (not comparable)
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)
- Elysium
- 1785, Friedrich Schiller, Ode an die Freude, 1nd stanza, lines 1-4
- Freude, schöner Götterfunken,
Tochter aus Elysium,
Wir betreten feuertrunken,
Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1785, Friedrich Schiller, Ode an die Freude, 1nd stanza, lines 1-4
Declension[edit]
Declension of Elysium [neuter, strong]
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