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

But hitherto the opisthodomos in question has been supposed to be the rear part of the Parthenon, and there is no direct proof that Demosthenes and Xenophon refer to the same fire.

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

Fragment of the capital of one of the Doric columns of the pronaos or opisthodomos, including the lower part of the echinus, and the upper part of the flutings.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the Παρθενών proper?

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

An opisthodomos was a part of each building, and, if I was right in Page 13 my observations above, the new one, like the old, was called simply ο οπισθόδομος.

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

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