Iseum

English

Etymology

From Latin Iseum, from Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἴσις (Ísis, “Isis”) + -ιον (-ion, “-ium, -eum”, forming nouns of associated places). Equivalent to Isis + -eum.

Noun

Iseum (plural Iseums or Isea)

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

   Synonyms: temple of Isis, Iseion

   • 1994, Sarolta A. Takacs, Isis and Sarapis in the Roman World, page 101:

     ...a temple of Minerva was on the east side of the Iseum...

   • 2006, Lauren Hackworth Petersen, The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History, page 52:

     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...

   • 2013, Liu Yulin, Temple Purity in 1-2 Corinthians, page 94:

     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.

Translations

temple of Isis

• Ancient Greek: Ἴσειον n (Íseion)
• Latin: Iseum n, Isium n

Anagrams

• Muise, sumi-e, sumie