Pantheon

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See also: pantheon and panthéon

English

View from the entrance in the 2nd c. (hypothetical reconstruction, 19th c.)
The Pantheon in Rome today.

Etymology

From Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, a temple of all gods), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, of or common to all gods), from πᾶν (pân, all, everything) +‎ θείος (theíos, of or for the gods), from θεός (theós, god).

Proper noun

the Pantheon

  1. The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BCE in Rome, rebuilt c. 125 CE and later consecrated as a church.

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, a temple of all gods).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpanteɔn/
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Noun

Pantheon n (strong, genitive Pantheons, plural Pantheons)

  1. pantheon

Declension

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Panthē̆on n sg (genitive Panthē̆ī); second declension

  1. Pantheon

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter, Greek-type), singular only.

singular
nominative Panthē̆on
genitive Panthē̆ī
dative Panthē̆ō
accusative Panthē̆on
ablative Panthē̆ō
vocative Panthē̆on

Descendants

References

  • Pantheon”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pantheon in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.