Ηλύσια Πεδία

See also: Ἠλύσια Πεδία

Greek

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Ἠλῠ́σῐον Πεδῐ́ον (Ēlúsion Pedíon) in the plural Ἠλύσια Πεδία (Ēlúsia Pedía). See Ἠλύσιος (Ēlúsios, adjective) & πεδίον n (pedíon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iˈli.si.a peˈði.a/

Proper noun

Ηλύσια Πεδία • (Ilýsia Pedía) n pl

1. (Greek mythology) the Elysian Fields, Elysium
2. (metonymically) the presidency of France (see Champs-Élysées)

Related terms

• πεδίο n (pedío, “field”)

Further reading

• ηλύσιος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
• Ηλύσια Πεδία - Charalambakis, Chistoforos et al. (2014) Χρηστικό λεξικό της νεοελληνικής γλώσσας (Christiko lexiko tis Neoellhnikis Glossas) [A Practical dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek) Athens: Academy of Athens. (online since 2023 - abbreviations - symbols)
• “Ἠλύσιος”, “Ἠλύσιον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
• Ηλύσια Πεδία on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^el