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odeum

[ oh-dee-uhm ]

noun

, plural o·de·a [oh-, dee, -, uh].
  1. a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
  2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a roofed building for musical performances.


odeum

/ ˈəʊdɪəm /

noun

  1. (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a building for musical performances Also calledodeon
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of odeum1

1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid ( ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place
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Word History and Origins

Origin of odeum1

C17: from Latin, from Greek ōideion, from ōidē ode
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Example Sentences

I will repair the old Odeum—they have made a cowhouse of it—and when we sing there the monks may come and listen!

Another proposes that the palace shall be built on the side of the Acropolis towards the sea, near the Odeum.

The Odeum of Regilla stands at the foot of the rock of the Acropolis.

Again sweet voices chimed pleasantly, and the softest Ionian cadences floated out from the roofless Odeum.

Until he reached well into the city near the Odeum, he had little opposition, but there the troops questioned him.

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