Elysium

English

Etymology

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (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

home of the blessed after death in Greek and Roman mythology — see also Elysian Fields

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 至福樂土／至福乐土 (Zhìfú Yuètǔ)

• 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
• Greek: Ηλύσια Πεδία n pl (Ilýsia Pedía)

  Ancient: Ἠλύσιον n (Ēlúsion)

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

paradise — see paradise

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 Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Πεδῐ́ον) (Ēlúsion (Pedíon)).

Pronunciation

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

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Elysium n (strong, genitive Elysiums, plural Elysien)

1. (Greek mythology, Roman mythology) Elysium (home of the blessed after death)
   • 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

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον (Ēlúsion).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈly.si.um/, [eːˈlʲʏs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈli.si.um/, [eˈliːs̬ium]

Proper noun

Ēlysium n sg (genitive Ēlysiī or Ēlysī); second declension

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

   Synonyms: Ēlysiī, Campī Ēlysiī, Ēlysiī Campī

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter), singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Ēlysium
Genitive	Ēlysiī Ēlysī1
Dative	Ēlysiō
Accusative	Ēlysium
Ablative	Ēlysiō
Vocative	Ēlysium

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• Ēlysius

Descendants

• → French: Élysée m, Elysée
  • → English: Élysée
  • → Korean: 엘리제 (ellije)

Adjective

Ēlysium

1. inflection of Ēlysius:
   1. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter singular
   2. 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