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Elysium
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English
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Etymology
From en la -, from en grc Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον).
Pronunciation
en /ɪˈlɪz.i.əm/ RP
en /ɪˈlɪʒ.i.əm/ /ɪˈli.ʒi.əm/ /ɪˈlɪz.i.əm/ /ɪˈli.zi.əm/ GA
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Elysium.wav US /ɪˈliziəm/
Proper noun
s Elysia
en Greek mythology Roman mythology The home of the blessed after death.
A place or state of ideal happiness; paradise.
en 1847 w:Emily Brontë Wuthering Heights https://www.gutenberg.org/files/768/768-h/768-h.htm XXIII 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.
en 2017-09-20 Sophie Gilbert The Good Place Is Still TV Heaven w:The Atlantic https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/the-good-place-review-season-2/540336/ Not since a journalist morphed into Al Pacino in The Devil’s Advocate has a metamorphosis been so jarring. Of course, there were clues: Michael kicked a puppy in the very second episode, and no self-respecting Elysium so closely resembles a chichi outdoor mall in Pasadena. https://web.archive.org/web/20180307004753/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2017/09/the-good-place-review-season-2/540336/
A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.
Derived terms
en Elysian
Related terms
en Elysian Fields
Translations
home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology Elysian Fields
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 至福樂土
Esperanto: eo Elizeo
Estonian: et Elysioni väljad p
Finnish: fi Elysion
French: fr Élysée m
Galician: gl Elisio m
Georgian: ka ელიზიუმი
German: de Elysium n, de Elysion n
Greek: el Ηλύσια Πεδία n-p
Ancient Greek: grc Ἠλύσιον n
Ido: io Elizeo
Japanese: ja エーリュシオン Ēryushion
Latin: la Ēlysium n
Lithuanian: lt Eliziejus m
Malay: ms Elisium
Occitan: oc Eliseu m
Persian: fa الوسیون elusiyon
Polish: pl Elizjum n
Portuguese: pt Elísio
Romanian: ro Elizeu n
Russian: ru Эли́зий m, ru Эли́зиум m
Spanish: es Elíseo m, es Elisio m
Swedish: sv Elysion n
paradise
See also
en heaven
References
en Mythological locations
German
Etymology
From de la -, from de grc Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον).
Pronunciation
de /eˈlyːzi̯ʊm/
de Ely si um
de De-Elysium.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
n,,Elysien
de Greek mythology Roman mythology en Elysium home of the blessed after death
1785, Friedrich Schiller, An die Freude, 1st stanza, lines 1-4
de Freude, schöner Götterfunken, Tochter aus Elysium, Wir betreten feuertrunken, Himmlische, dein Heiligtum!
Declension
n,,Elysien
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
la Ēlysium :bor grc:Ἠλῠ́σῐον + 1
Pronunciation
Ēlysium
Proper noun
Ēlysium<2>
la Greek mythology Roman mythology en Elysium home of the blessed after death
la Ēlysiī Campī Ēlysiī Ēlysiī Campī
Declension
Ēlysium<2>
Derived terms
la Ēlysius
Descendants
fr Élysée m 1
Adjective
la adjective form Ēlysium
la Ēlysius nom//acc//voc n s ; acc m s
References
Ēlysĭum
Ēly̆sĭum 583-4