Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

iseum

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ise-um
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"...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."

Etymology

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

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: Iseum, Ἴσειον

Inflected Forms

Iseums (plural) Isea (plural)

Synonyms

temple of Isis Iseion

Questions

What does iseum mean?: A temple dedicated to the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis.
Where does iseum come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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