Elysium

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

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

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:

     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.

• heaven

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Elysium (not comparable)

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

From Latin, from Ancient Greek Ἠλύσιον (Ēlúsion).

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

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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!

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