Elysium

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (πεδίον) (Ēlúsion (pedíon)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈli.ʒi.əm/, /ɪˈli.zi.əm/

Proper noun

Elysium

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) The home of the blessed after death.
2. 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.

3. A region in the northern hemisphere of Mars.

Derived terms

• Elysian
• Elysian Field
• Elysian Fields

 

Translations

In mythology: paradise — see also Elysian Fields

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 極樂世界／极乐世界 (zh) (jílè shìjiè)

• Esperanto: Elizeo
• Estonian: Elysioni väljad pl
• Finnish: Elysion (fi)
• French: Élysée (fr) m
• Galician: Elisio m
• Georgian: ელიზიუმი (eliziumi)
• German: Elysium (de) n, Elysion n
• Gothic: 𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐍃 m (waggs)
• Greek: Ηλύσια Πεδία n pl (Ilýsia Pedía)

  Ancient: Ἠλύσιον πεδίον n (Ēlúsion pedíon), Ἠλύσιον n (Ēlúsion)

• Ido: Elizeo (io)
• Japanese: エーリュシオン (Ēryushion)
• Lithuanian: Eliziejus m
• Malay: Elisium
• Occitan: Eliseu m
• Persian: الوسیون (elusiyon)
• Portuguese: Elísio (pt)
• Romanian: Elizeu n
• Russian: Эли́зий (ru) m (Elízij), Эли́зиум (ru) m (Elízium)
• Spanish: Elíseo m
• Swedish: Elysion (sv) n

See also

• heaven

Further reading

• Elysium on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Adjective

Elysium (not comparable)

1. blissful; euphoric
2. of or pertaining to Elysium

German

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈlyːzi̯ʊm/
• Hyphenation: Ely‧si‧um

• Audio

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Noun

Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)

1. 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)

Declension

Declension of Elysium [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Elysium	die	Elysien
genitive	eines	des	Elysiums	der	Elysien
dative	einem	dem	Elysium	den	Elysien
accusative	ein	das	Elysium	die	Elysien

Further reading

• “Elysium” in Duden online
• “Elysium” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache