paradisi avis

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [pa.raˈdiː.siː ˈa.wɪs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [pa.raˈdiː.s̬i ˈaː.vis]

paradīsī avis f (genitive paradīsī avis); third declension

1. (New Latin) bird of paradise (any bird of the family Paradisaeidae)

   Synonyms: apūs indicus, ave paradīsiaca, paradisaea

   • 1555, Conrad Gessner, “DE PARADISEA, VEL PARADISI AVE”, in Historia animalium, volume III, Zurich: Christoph Froschauer, page 611:

     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.

     [Paradiseam vel paradīsī avem, vel apodem Indicam appello illam, cuius figura sequēns est, a clārissimō viro et doctissimō I.C. felicis memoriae Conrado Peutingero nōbīs communicata: qui et mortuam similem sibi visam testābātur, ut et aliī multi side digni hominēs aliī alias se vīdisse mihi testātī sunt.]

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   • 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:

     CUm vir magnus nuper & Consſiliarius excellens, ut, quid de Paradiſi Avibus, earundemq́; judicandum pedibus eſſet, exponeremus publicè, adhortaretur; […]

     [Cum vir magnus nūper et cōnsiliārius excellēns, ut, quid de paradīsī avibus, eārundemque; iūdicandum pedibus esset, expōnerēmus pūblicē, adhortārētur; […] ]

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   • 1670, Nicholas Lloyd, “Moluccæ”, in Dictionarium historicum, geographicum, poeticum, new edition, Dictionarium Geographicum, London, published 1686, page unumbered, column 1:

     Avicula Manucodiata quam nos Paradiſi avem vocamus, nobilis.

     [Avicula Manucodiata quam nos paradīsī avem vocāmus, nōbilis.]

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Indeclinable portion with a third-declension noun (i-stem, ablative singular in -e or occasionally -ī).

• → English: bird of paradise (calque)
• → Portuguese: ave-do-paraíso (calque)