Pantheon

See also: pantheon and panthéon

English
View from the entrance in the 2nd c. (hypothetical reconstruction, 19th c.)
The Pantheon in Rome today.

Etymology

From Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from πᾶν (pân, “all, everything”) +‎ θείος (theíos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”).

Proper noun

Pantheon

  1. The circular Roman temple dedicated to all the gods in 27 BCE in Rome, rebuilt c. 125 CE and later consecrated as church.

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German

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”)

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈpanteɔn/

Noun

Pantheon n (genitive Pantheons, plural Pantheons)

  1. pantheon

Declension
Declension of Pantheon
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein das Pantheon die Pantheons
genitive eines des Pantheons der Pantheons
dative einem dem Pantheon den Pantheons
accusative ein das Pantheon die Pantheons
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