πᾰρᾰδεισ-ος, ὁ
(also παράδισος [[ “SIG” 463.8 (Crete, 3rd c.BC))] Refs 3rd c.BC+], enclosed park or pleasure-ground, Oriental word first used by [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus, ] Refs 5th c.BC+] always in reference to the parks of the Persian kings and nobles; π. μέγας ἀγρίων θηρίων πλήρης [[ “An.” 1.2.7 ] Refs]; π. δασὺς παντοίων δένδρων[[ [prev. work] 2.4.14; τὰ ἐν π. θηρία “Cyr.” 1.3.14; θῆραι.. ἐν περιειργμένοις παραδείσοις “HG” 4.1.15, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 4.4.1, “AJA” 16.13 (Sardes, 4th c.BC), LXX.Neh.2.8, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Artoxerxes” 25. ] LXX+4th c.BC+]
__2 generally, garden, orchard, [[ PRev.Laws 33.11 (3rd c.BC), “PCair.Zen.” 33.3 (3rd c.BC), “OGI” 90.15 (Rosetta, 2nd c.BC), LXX.Cant.4.13, LXX.Eccl.2.5, “CIG” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” “Corpus Inscriptionum Graecarum” 2694b (from Mylasa), “PFay.” 55.7 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]
__3 the garden of Eden, [[ LXX.Gen.2.8. ] LXX]
__3.b Paradise, the abode of the blessed, [[NT.Luke.23.43, NT.2Cor.12.4. ] NT]
__3.c explanation of μακάρων νῆσοι, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus ad 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 169. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__II stupid fellow, [[ Comica Adespota 1102. (Persian word, compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 9.13, 9th c.AD: Photius Legal icographus, etc. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+], and Avest. pairidaēza- 'enclosure'.)