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opisthodomos

[ op-is-thod-uh-muh s, -mos ]

/ ˌɒp ɪsˈθɒd ə məs, -ˌmɒs /

noun, plural op·is·thod·o·mos·es.

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

Words nearby opisthodomos

opiomelanocortin, opisthenar, opisthion, opistho-, opisthobranch, opisthodomos, opisthognathous, opisthograph, opisthorchiasis, opisthorchis, opisthorchis felineus

Origin of opisthodomos

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for opisthodomos

The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4|Various
The most celebrated example of such ornamentation was the box of Kypselos, in the opisthodomos of the temple of Hera at Olympia.
Museum of Antiquity|L. W. Yaggy
But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the proper?
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
Demosthenes (xxiv, 136) speaks of a fire in the opisthodomos.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various

The pronaos and opisthodomos were each bounded by two Doric columns between antae, surmounted by metopes.
A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2)|A. H. Smith

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