Elysium
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English
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (πεδίον) (Ēlúsion (pedíon)).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
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:
- 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
Translations
In mythology: paradise — see also Elysian Fields
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Adjective
Elysium (not comparable)
German
Etymology
From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion).
Pronunciation
Noun
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
Declension of Elysium