pantheon

See also: Pantheon

English

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Etymology

First coined 1300, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pantheios, “of or common to all gods”), from πᾶν (pān, “all, everything”), neuter of πᾶς (pās, “all, the whole”) + θεῖος (theios, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theos, “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
   • 2012-09-08 Richard, Williams, “Sports - Olypics - Usain Bolt”, [1], pages [2]:

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

Translations

a temple dedicated to all the gods

• Catalan: panteó 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

• Romanian: panteon (ro) n
• Russian: пантеон (ru) m (pantɛón)
• Swedish: panteon (sv)

External links

• 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

Declension of pantheon (Kotus type 5/risti)

	singular	plural
nominative	pantheon	pantheonit
genitive	pantheonin	pantheonien
partitive	pantheonia	pantheoneja
accusative	pantheonin	pantheonit
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