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παράδεισος

παράδεισος, a park

πᾰρᾰδεισ-ος, ὁ (also παράδισος SIG 463.8 (Crete, iii B. C.)),
  • enclosed park or pleasure-ground, Oriental word first used by X., always in reference to the parks of the Persian kings and nobles; π. μέγας ἀγρίων θηρίων πλήρης An. 1.2.7; π. δασὺς παντοίων δένδρων ib. 2.4.14; τὰ ἐν π. θηρία Cyr. 1.3.14; θῆραι . . ἐν περιειργμένοις παραδείσοις HG 4.1.15, cf. Thphr. HP 4.4.1, AJA 16.13 (Sardes, 300 B.C.), LXX Ne. 2.8, Plu. Art. 25.
      • 2 generally, garden, orchard, PRev.Laws 33.11 (iii B. C.), PCair.Zen. 33.3 (iii B. C.), OGI 90.15 (Rosetta, ii B. C.), LXX Ca. 4.13, Ec. 2.5, CIG 2694b (Mylasa), PFay. 55.7 (ii A. D.), etc.
      • 3 the garden of Eden, LXX Ge. 2.8.
        • b Paradise, the abode of the blessed, Ev.Luc. 23.43, 2 Ep.Cor. 12.4.
        • c expl. of μακάρων νῆσοι, Procl. ad Hes. Op. 169.
    • II stupid fellow, Com.Adesp. 1102. (Persian word, cf. Poll. 9.13, Phot., and Avest. pairidaēza- ‘enclosure’.)

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