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odeum

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

1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid(ḗ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place
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  • There were odea also in Rome; one was built by Domitian, and a second by Trajan.

    Museum of Antiquity

    L. W. Yaggy

British Dictionary definitions for odea

odea

noun
  1. the plural of odeum
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odeum

noun plural odea (ˈəʊdɪə)
  1. (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a building for musical performancesAlso called: odeon
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Word Origin

C17: from Latin, from Greek ōideion, from ōidē ode
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Word Origin and History for odea

odeum

n.

"concert hall," c.1600, from Latin odeum, from Greek odeion, the name of a public building in Athens designed for musical performances, from oide "song" (see ode).

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