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.kʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [pa.ra.d̪iˈs̬iː.a.kus]
Adjective
paradīsiacus (feminine paradīsiaca, neuter paradīsiacum); first/second-declension adjective
- of or belonging to Paradise, paradisiacal
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | paradīsiacus | paradīsiaca | paradīsiacum | paradīsiacī | paradīsiacae | paradīsiaca | |
| genitive | paradīsiacī | paradīsiacae | paradīsiacī | paradīsiacōrum | paradīsiacārum | paradīsiacōrum | |
| dative | paradīsiacō | paradīsiacae | paradīsiacō | paradīsiacīs | |||
| accusative | paradīsiacum | paradīsiacam | paradīsiacum | paradīsiacōs | paradīsiacās | paradīsiaca | |
| ablative | paradīsiacō | paradīsiacā | paradīsiacō | paradīsiacīs | |||
| vocative | paradīsiace | paradīsiaca | paradīsiacum | paradīsiacī | paradīsiacae | paradīsiaca | |
Related terms
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.