LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
nounthird declension

paradīsī avis

paradīsī avis f (genitive paradīsī avis)
Classical[pa.raˈdiː.siː ˈa.wɪs]Ecclesiastical[pa.raˈdiː.s̬i ˈaː.vis]

Meaning

  1. 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

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeparadīsī avisparadīsī avēs
genitiveparadīsī avisparadīsī avium
dativeparadīsī avīparadīsī avibus
accusativeparadīsī avemparadīsī avēs
paradīsī avīs
ablativeparadīsī ave
paradīsī avī
paradīsī avibus
vocativeparadīsī avisparadīsī avēs

Origins

Literally, “paradise's bird”. First attested in 1555.

Descendants
  • Englishbird of paradise
  • Portugueseave-do-paraíso

Quick answers

What does paradīsī avis mean in Latin?
paradīsī avis, a noun, means “bird of paradise (any bird of the family Paradisaeidae)”.
What is the genitive of paradīsī avis?
The genitive singular is paradīsī avis. paradīsī avis is third declension.
How do you pronounce paradīsī avis?
In classical Latin, [pa.raˈdiː.siː ˈa.wɪs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [pa.raˈdiː.s̬i ˈaː.vis].