opisthodomos

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[op-is-thod-uh-muhs, -mos] / ˌɒp ɪsˈθɒd ə məs, -ˌmɒs /

noun

• opisthodomoses
  plural

1. Also called posticum.  a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.

2. epinaos.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• opisthodomoses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of opisthodomos

1690–1700; < Greek opisthódomos, equivalent to opistho- opistho- + dómos house

Example Sentences

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opisthodomos

There was in large temples a porch of approach, the pronaos, and another behind, the opisthodomos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various

The twelve sculptured metopes of the temple do not belong to the exterior frieze, whose metopes were plain, but to a second frieze, placed above the columns and antae of pronaos and opisthodomos.

From A History of Greek Art by Frank Bigelow Tarbell

The most celebrated example of such ornamentation was the box of Kypselos, in the opisthodomos of the temple of Hera at Olympia.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by T. L. (Thomas Louis) Haines

The word οπισθόδομος does not occur in the inscription, and we cannot tell whether the western half of the building was called opisthodomos in the sixth century or not.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

The temple consisted of an eastern cella with pronaos; behind this was the opisthodomos, divided into three chambers—possibly treasuries—with a portico at the western end.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various