paradisiacus

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek παραδεισιακός (paradeisiakós), from παράδεισος (parádeisos, “paradise”) +‎ -ακός (-akós, adjective-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.diːˈsi.a.kus/, [päräd̪iːˈs̠iäkʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /pa.ra.diˈsi.a.kus/, [päräd̪iˈs̬iːäkus]

Adjective

paradīsiacus (feminine paradīsiaca, neuter paradīsiacum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or belonging to Paradise, paradisiacal

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	paradīsiacus	paradīsiaca	paradīsiacum		paradīsiacī	paradīsiacae	paradīsiaca
Genitive	paradīsiacī	paradīsiacae	paradīsiacī		paradīsiacōrum	paradīsiacārum	paradīsiacōrum
Dative	paradīsiacō		paradīsiacō		paradīsiacīs
Accusative	paradīsiacum	paradīsiacam	paradīsiacum		paradīsiacōs	paradīsiacās	paradīsiaca
Ablative	paradīsiacō	paradīsiacā	paradīsiacō		paradīsiacīs
Vocative	paradīsiace	paradīsiaca	paradīsiacum		paradīsiacī	paradīsiacae	paradīsiaca

Related terms

• paradīsus

Descendants

• → English: paradisiac (learned)
• → French: paradisiaque (learned)
• → Italian: paradisiaco (learned)
• → Portuguese: paradisíaco (learned)
• → Romanian: paradiziac (learned)
• → Spanish: paradisiaco, paradisíaco (learned)

References

• “paradisiacus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• paradisiacus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.