opisthodomos

[ op-is-thod-uh-muhs, -mos ]

/ ˌɒp ɪsˈθɒd ə məs, -ˌmɒs /

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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.

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Origin of opisthodomos

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

Words nearby opisthodomos

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

How to use opisthodomos in a sentence

But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the proper?
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|Various
It is natural to regard this (with Lolling) as Page 11 the opisthodomos where the treasure was kept.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1|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
There was in large temples a porch of approach, the pronaos, and another behind, the opisthodomos.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4|Various

The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4|Various