pantheon

See also: Pantheon and panthéon

English

Etymology

First coined 1300, 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”), neuter of πᾶς (pâs, “all, the whole”) + θεῖος (theîos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”)

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. A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
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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)
• Lithuanian: panteonas (lt) m
• Norwegian: panteon n

  Nynorsk: panteon n

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

all the gods of a particular religion

• Portuguese: panteão (pt) m

• Spanish: panteón (es) m

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

Further reading

• pantheon in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• pantheon in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 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