Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theseion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: the-seion
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

Synonym of Hephaestaeum (“the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens”).

Etymology

So called under the mistaken assumption that it housed the remains of the Athenian hero Theseus.

Inflected Forms

the Theseion (canonical) Theseum (alternative)

Synonyms

Hephaestaeum

Questions

What does theseion mean?: Synonym of Hephaestaeum (“the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens”).
Where does theseion come from?: So called under the mistaken assumption that it housed the remains of the Athenian hero Theseus.

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