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odeon

Syllables: Ode·on/ˈəʊdɪən/US/ˈoʊdiɑn/

odeon noun: an ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.

Noun (1)

odeon (plural odea or odeons)

  1. An ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
    • The other building type similar to theatres, although smaller and generally roofed, was the odeon. Unlike theatres and amphitheatres, odea were not built in all of the larger Roman towns, although they became more common in the second century ad.1986, John H. Humphrey, Roman Circuses: Arenas for Chariot Racing, University of California Press, →ISBN, page 3
    • However, the significance of this transformation should not be overstated: it was not converted in to a church until the 6th c., and political meetings are attested in the nearby odeon, from late acclamations. Sagalassos is in fact the only eastern bouleuterion to show decay in the 5th c. Other...2021, Luke Lavan, Public Space in the Late Antique City, Brill, →ISBN, page 310
  2. A theatre or concert hall.

Proper noun capitalized: Odeon

the Odeon

  1. The Odeon of Pericles, an ancient odeon in Athens, Greece, built by Pericles in the 5th century. BCE.

Noun (2) capitalized: Odeon

Odeon (plural Odeons)

  1. Alternative letter-case form of odeon
  2. (UK) A cinema of the Odeon Cinemas chain.

odeon meaning in Indonesian

odeon in Indonesian

ancient Greek or Roman building
odeon

Forms of odeon

pluralodea
pluralodeons
alternative formodeion
alternative formodeum
pluralOdeons

Origin of odeon

From Ancient Greek ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

From Ancient Greek ᾨδεῖον (Ōideîon), from ᾠδεῖον (ōideîon, “odeon”), from ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”) + -εῖον (-eîon, noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”).

Words formed from odeon

Questions about odeon

What does odeon mean?
Odeon means an ancient Greek or Roman building used for performances of music and poetry.
What is odeon in Indonesian?
Odeon in Indonesian is odeon. See Odeon meaning in Indonesian.
What part of speech is odeon?
Odeon can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce odeon?
Odeon is pronounced /ˈəʊdɪən/.
What is the plural of odeon?
The plural of odeon is odea.

Words near odeon in the dictionary

  1. Odenkirk
  2. Odense
  3. Odenthal
  4. Odenthals
  5. Odenville
  6. odeon
  7. odeons
  8. Oder
  9. Oder-Neisse Line
  10. odes
  11. Odesa

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