- παράδεισος
- πᾰρᾰδεισ-ος, ὁ (also [full] παράδισος SIG463.8 (Crete, iii B. C.)),A enclosed park or pleasure-ground, Oriental word first used by X., always in reference to the parks of the Persian kings and nobles;
π. μέγας ἀγρίων θηρίων πλήρης An.1.2.7
; π. δασὺς παντοίων δένδρων ib.2.4.14;τὰ ἐν π. θηρία Cyr. 1.3.14
;θῆραι . . ἐν περιειργμένοις παραδείσοις HG4.1.15
, cf. Thphr.HP 4.4.1, AJA16.13 (Sardes, 300 B.C.), LXX Ne.2.8, Plu.Art.25.2 generally, garden, orchard, PRev.Laws 33.11 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 33.3 (iii B. C.), OGI90.15 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), LXX Ca.4.13, Ec.2.5, CIG 2694b ([place name] Mylasa), PFay.55.7 (ii A. D.), etc.3 the garden of Eden, LXX Ge.2.8.b Paradise, the abode of the blessed, Ev.Luc.23.43, 2 Ep.Cor.12.4.c expl. of μακάρων νῆσοι, Procl. ad Hes.Op.169.II stupid fellow, Com.Adesp.1102. (Persian word, cf. Poll.9.13, Phot., and Avest. pairidaēza- 'enclosure'.)
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