Elysium

== English == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlŭ́sĭon (Pedĭ́on)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪz.i.əm/ (General American) IPA(key): /ɪˈlɪʒ.i.əm/, /ɪˈli.ʒi.əm/, /ɪˈlɪz.i.əm/, /ɪˈli.zi.əm/ === Proper noun === Elysium (plural Elysiums or Elysia) (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The home of the blessed after death. A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise. A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars. ==== Derived terms ==== Elysian ==== Related terms ==== Elysian Fields ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== heaven === References === “Elysium”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. == German == === Etymology === From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlŭ́sĭon (Pedĭ́on)). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eˈlyːzi̯ʊm/ Hyphenation: Ely‧si‧um === Noun === 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 ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Elysium” in Duden online “Elysium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache == Latin == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Ēlŭ́sĭon). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [eːˈly.si.ũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [eˈliː.s̬i.um] === Proper noun === 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 ==== Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only. 1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age). ==== Derived terms ==== Ēlysius ==== Descendants ==== → French: Élysée m, Elysée→ English: Élysée→ Korean: 엘리제 (Ellije) === Adjective === Ēlysium inflection of Ēlysius: nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular accusative masculine singular === References === “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