paradisus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παράδεισος (parádeisos)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /pa.raˈdiː.sus/, [pa.raˈdiː.sʊs]

Noun

paradīsus m (genitive paradīsī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative paradīsus paradīsī
Genitive paradīsī paradīsōrum
Dative paradīsō paradīsīs
Accusative paradīsum paradīsōs
Ablative paradīsō paradīsīs
Vocative paradīse paradīsī
  • paradīsiacus
  • paradīsicola

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, 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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