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Iseum

noun

Etymology

From Latin Iseum, from Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”). By surface analysis, Isis + Latin -eum.

  1. derived from Ἴσειον
  2. derived from Iseum

Definitions

  1. A temple dedicated to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.

    • ...a temple of Minerva was on the east side of the Iseum...
    • Most Pompeians[,] as they went about their daily business and moved through their shaken city, would inevitably have passed the Iseum on their way to the Triangular Forum...
    • An Iseum (temple of Isis) in the Roman period usually found its site outside of the "city border" (pomeria)... and nearby the abundant water-supply areas, unlike other Roman temples which were located at the Agora.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA