English Explanatory Dictionary

Paradeisos of Pammenes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A ward (ἄμφοδον) of the city of Oxyrhynchus, Roman Egypt.

Word forms

Paradeisos of Pammenes the Paradeisos of Pammenes

Etymology

Partial calque of Koine Greek Πᾰμμένους Πᾰρᾰ́δεισος (Pămménous Părắdeisos): translation of Πᾰμμένους (Pămménous, “of Pammenes”), a genitive of Πᾰμμένης (Pămménēs, “Pammenes”) + transliteration of Ancient Greek πᾰρᾰ́δεισος (părắdeisos), whence English paradise.

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