Ἠλύσιον Πεδίον

Ancient Greek

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ɛː.lý.si.on pe.dí.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e̝ˈly.si.on peˈdi.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.si.on peˈði.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /iˈly.si.on peˈði.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /iˈli.si.on peˈði.on/

Proper noun

Ἠλύσῐον Πεδίον • (Ēlúsĭon Pedíon) n (genitive Ἠλῠσίου Πεδίου); second declension

(Greek mythology) Elysian Fields

Descendants

This term is singular in Ancient Greek, but plural in Latin and most modern languages (including modern Greek).

Greek: Ηλύσια Πεδία (Ilýsia Pedía)
→ Armenian: Ելիսեյան մարգագետիններ (Eliseyan margagetinner) (partial calque)
→ Bulgarian: Елисе́йски поле́та (Eliséjski poléta) (partial calque)
→ Chinese: 至福樂土 / 至福乐土 (Zhìfú Yuètǔ) (calque)
→ Georgian: ელისეს მინდვრები (elises mindvrebi) (partial calque)
→ Latin: Campī Ēlysiī, Ēlysiī Campī (partial calque)
- → English: Elysian Fields (partial calque)
- French: Champs-Élysées
- Galician: Campos Elisios
- Italian: Campi Elisi
- → Polish: Pola Elizejskie (partial calque)
- Portuguese: Campos Elísios
- → Swedish: Elyseiska fälten (partial calque)
→ Russian: Елисе́йские поля́ (Jeliséjskije poljá) (partial calque)

Further reading

“Ἠλύσιονπεδίον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
Ἠλύσιονπεδίον, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011