paradisus

părădīsus, i, m., = paradeisos, a park.

I.

Lit.: vivaria quae nunc vulgus, quos paradeisous Graeci appellant, Gell. 2, 20, 4:

in paradiso, hoc est in viridario,

Aug. Serm. 343, n. 1; Vulg. Gen. 2, 8: malorum. an orchard, id. Cant. 4, 13.—

II.

Transf. [p. 1301]

A.

Paradise, the dwelling-place of the first human beings, the Garden of Eden, Hier. Ep. 52, n. 5:

plantatus paradisus in Eden,

id. ib. 69, n. 6.—

B.

Paradise, the abode of the blessed, Tert. Apol. 47; id. Carm. Judic. Dom. 195: Vulg. Ecclus. 44, 16; id. Luc. 23, 43.—

III.

A town of Cœlesyria, Plin. 5, 23, 19, § 82.—

IV.

A river in Cilicia, Plin. 5, 27, 22, § 93.