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părădīsus , i, m., = παράδεισος,
I.a park.
I. Lit.: vivaria quae nunc vulgus, quos παραδείσους 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.
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.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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    • New Testament, Luke, 23.43
    • Old Testament, Genesis, 2.8
    • Old Testament, Canticles, 4.13
    • Gellius, Noctes Atticae, 2.20.4
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