Elysium
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlúsion (Pedíon)).
Pronunciation
[edit]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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology — see also Elysian Fields
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paradise — see paradise
See also
[edit]Further reading
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Elysium (not comparable)
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlúsion (Pedíon)).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium (home of the blessed after death)
- 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]
Further reading
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Ēlúsion).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /eːˈly.si.um/, [eːˈlʲʏs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /eˈli.si.um/, [eˈliːs̬ium]
Proper noun
[edit]Ēlysium n sg (genitive Ēlysiī or Ēlysī); second declension
- (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium (home of the blessed after death)
- Synonyms: Ēlysiī, Campī Ēlysiī, Ēlysiī Campī
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Ēlysium |
Genitive | Ēlysiī Ēlysī1 |
Dative | Ēlysiō |
Accusative | Ēlysium |
Ablative | Ēlysiō |
Vocative | Ēlysium |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Adjective
[edit]Ēlysium
- inflection of Ēlysius:
References
[edit]- “Ēlysĭum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Ēly̆sĭum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, pages 583-4.
- “Elysium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
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