prodomos

[proh-doh-mos]

noun

Architecture.

plural

prodomoi 

1. an open vestibule, as a pronaos.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prodomos¹

< Greek pródomos literally, before-house, equivalent to pro- pro- ² + dómos house ( dome )

Example Sentences

They cleared the western fa�ade and the prodomos, and discovered inscriptions giving information about other parts which they left still buried.

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Guests did not sleep, as in Homer, in the prodomos, or the portico—the climate did not permit it—but in one or other hall.

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Not far from the village of Prodomos, upon the neighbouring heights, I found, for the first time in Cyprus, the juniper, which appeared to be kept low by the constant grazing of the numerous herds.

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Prodomos is about 4300 feet above the level, and can be easily distinguished by the foliage of numerous spreading walnut-trees and the large amount of cultivation by which it is surrounded.

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