tholos

American  

[thoh-los, -lohs] / ˈθoʊ lɒs, -loʊs /

noun

tholoi plural

1. (in classical architecture)

   1. a circular building.

   2. a small, round structure, as a lantern.

   3. a circular subterranean tomb, lined with masonry.

2. a subterranean domed tomb chamber of the Mycenaean age.

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tholos British  

/ ˈθəʊlɒs /

noun

1. a dry-stone beehive-shaped tomb associated with the Mycenaean culture of Greece in the 16th to the 12th century _bc

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Other Word Forms

Inflected Forms

noun

• tholoi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of tholos

First recorded in 1895–1900, tholos is from the Greek word thólos literally, rotunda

Example Sentences

There is no evidence for the statement sometimes made that there was a well or spring below the Tholos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various

Of circular temples there are two examples known, the Philippeion at Olympia and the Tholos at Epidaurus.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

The Tholos of Polykletos at Epidauros was a circular building 107 feet in diameter, situated within the sacred enclosure.

From The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 08, August 1895 Fragments of Greek Detail by Various

The chief buildings are grouped together, and include temples of Asclepius and Artemis, the Tholos, and the Abaton, or portico where the patients slept.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various