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

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Etymology

Origin of opisthodomos

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

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Example Sentences

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opisthodomos

It cannot be identical with the νεώς ό Έκατόμπεδος nor with the opisthodomos, for the three appellations occur at the same date evidently designating three different places.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 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

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

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 a central cella with a pronaos and opisthodomos, and was surrounded by a Doric colonnade, having six columns at the ends and fifteen columns at the sides.

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

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