abaton

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See also: Abaton, and ábaton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, inaccessible).

Noun

abaton (plural abatons)

A building in ruins
Abaton of Epidaurus, 2010
  1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
  2. (historical) In Ancient Egypt, any one of the sacred cult sites where a body part of the dismembered Osiris was claimed to be buried.

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Esperanto

Noun

abaton

  1. accusative singular of abato

Indonesian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: aba‧ton

Noun

abaton (first-person possessive abatonku, second-person possessive abatonmu, third-person possessive abatonnya)

  1. (historical, architecture) abaton.

Further reading

Italian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, inaccessible).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ton/
  • Rhymes: -abaton
  • Hyphenation: à‧ba‧ton

Noun

abaton m (plural abata)

  1. abaton

Further reading

  • abaton in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈba.tɔn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -atɔn
  • Syllabification: a‧ba‧ton

Noun

abaton m inan

  1. (Ancient Greece, architecture) abaton
    • 2014, Krzysztof Sobczak, “O rozumieniu śmierci w antyku greckim i rzymskim”, in Humanistyka i Przyrodoznawstwo, number 20, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie, →ISSN, pages 479–502:
      Po zachodzie słońca udawali się do abatonu, gdzie następowała inkubacja, []
      After sunset they made their way to the abaton, where incubation took place,
    • 2020, Aneta Liwerska, “Inskrypcja Apellasa jako źródło poznania charakteru opieki nad pacjentem w asklepiejonie epidauryjskim w II wne”, in Klio. Czasopismo poświęcone dziejom Polski i powszechnym, volume 52, number 1, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, →ISSN, pages 3–30:
       [], gdzie dana aktywność się odbywała; mamy więc tutaj ocieranie się o ścianę w łaźni, korzystanie z huśtawek na górnym portyku i nacieranie się w abatonie.
       , where the given activity took place; so we have here rubbing against the wall in the bathhouse, using the swings on the upper portico, and massing in the abaton.

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).

Pronunciation

Noun

abaton m (uncountable)

  1. abaton (enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept)