pantheon

See also: Pantheon and panthéon

English

Etymology

From Pantheon, c. 1300.

Pronunciation

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Noun

pantheon (plural pantheons or panthea)

1. A temple dedicated to all the gods.
2. (mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
3. (by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
   • 2012-09-08, Richard, “Williams”, in Sports - Olypics - Usain Bolt‎^{[The Guardian]}, page [1]:

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     Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold

Translations

a temple dedicated to all the gods

• Catalan: panteó (ca) m
• Finnish: pantheon
• French: panthéon (fr) m
• German: Pantheon (de) n
• Greek: πάνθεον (el) n (pántheon), πάνθεο (el) n (pántheo)
• Lithuanian: panteonas (lt) m
• Norwegian: panteon n

  Nynorsk: panteon n

• Persian: پانتئون‎ (fa) (pānteon)
• Polish: panteon (pl) m
• Portuguese: panteão (pt) m
• Romanian: panteon (ro) n
• Russian: пантео́н (ru) m (pantɛón)
• Slovene: panteon (sl) m
• Swedish: panteon (sv)

all the gods of a particular religion

• Greek: πάνθεο (el) n (pántheo), πάνθεον (el) n (pántheon)
• Polish: panteon (pl) m
• Portuguese: panteão (pt) m

• Spanish: panteón (es) m

a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group

• Greek: πάνθεο (el) n (pántheo), πάνθεον (el) n (pántheon)
• Polish: panteon (pl) m

Further reading

• pantheon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• pantheon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• pantheon in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

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Finnish

Noun

pantheon

1. pantheon (the gods of a religion as a group)
2. pantheon (temple or monument)

Declension

Inflection of pantheon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		pantheon	pantheonit
genitive		pantheonin	pantheonien
partitive		pantheonia	pantheoneja
illative		pantheoniin	pantheoneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pantheon	pantheonit
accusative	nom.	pantheon	pantheonit
	gen.	pantheonin
genitive		pantheonin	pantheonien
partitive		pantheonia	pantheoneja
inessive		pantheonissa	pantheoneissa
elative		pantheonista	pantheoneista
illative		pantheoniin	pantheoneihin
adessive		pantheonilla	pantheoneilla
ablative		pantheonilta	pantheoneilta
allative		pantheonille	pantheoneille
essive		pantheonina	pantheoneina
translative		pantheoniksi	pantheoneiksi
instructive		—	pantheonein
abessive		pantheonitta	pantheoneitta
comitative		—	pantheoneineen

Possessive forms of pantheon (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	pantheonini	pantheonimme
2nd person	pantheonisi	pantheoninne
3rd person	pantheoninsa