Elysium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Ēlysĭum, ii, n., = Ἠλύσιον, the abode of the blest,

I Elysium , Verg. A. 5, 735 Serv.; 6, 542; 744 al.; cf. Heyne Verg. A. 6, 675 sq.; and ejusd. libri Exc. VIII. p. 1019 Wagn.—Hence,

II Ēlysĭus , a, um, adj., Elysian : campi, Verg. G. 1, 38; Tib. 1, 3, 58; Ov. Ib. 175; cf. ager, Mart. 10, 101: plagae, id. 6, 58: domus, Ov. M. 14, 111; cf. sedes, Luc. 3, 12: Chaos, Stat. Th. 4, 520: rosae, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 60: puella, i. e. Proserpine , Mart. 10, 24.—

B Subst.: Elysii , ōrum, m. (sc. campi), the Elysian Fields , Mart. 9, 52; Luc. 6, 699.

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