nounthird declension
paradīsī avis
paradīsī avis f (genitive paradīsī avis)
Classical[pa.raˈdiː.siː ˈa.wɪs]Ecclesiastical[pa.raˈdiː.s̬i ˈaː.vis]
Meaning
- New Latinbird of paradise (any bird of the family Paradisaeidae)
PARADISEAM uel paradiſi auem, uel apodem Indicam appello íllam, cuius figura ſequens eſt, à clariſsimo uiro & doctissimo I.C. felicis memoriæ Conrado Peutingero nobis communicata: qui & mortuam ſimilem ſibi uiſam teſtabatur, ut & alij multi ſide digni homines alij alias ſe uidiſſe mihi teſtati ſunt.
1555, Conrad Gessner, “DE PARADISEA, VEL PARADISI AVE”, in Historia animalium, volume III, Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, page 611:CUm vir magnus nuper & Consſiliarius excellens, ut, quid de Paradiſi Avibus, earundemq́; judicandum pedibus eſſet, exponeremus publicè, adhortaretur;[…]
1662, Georg Kaspar Kirchmaier, “De AVE PARADISIACA ſeu MANUCODIATA”, in De Paradiso, ave Paradisi Manucodiata, imperio antediluviano & Arca Noae, Wittenberg: Impensis Andrea Hartmanni, section I, page 62:
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | paradīsī avis | paradīsī avēs |
| genitive | paradīsī avis | paradīsī avium |
| dative | paradīsī avī | paradīsī avibus |
| accusative | paradīsī avem | paradīsī avēs paradīsī avīs |
| ablative | paradīsī ave paradīsī avī | paradīsī avibus |
| vocative | paradīsī avis | paradīsī avēs |
Origins
Literally, “paradise's bird”. First attested in 1555.
Descendants
- Englishbird of paradise
- Portugueseave-do-paraíso