pantheon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Pantheon, c. 1300.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pantheon (plural pantheons or panthea)
- A temple dedicated to all the gods.
- (mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.
- (by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.
- 2012 September 8, Richard Williams, “Sports - Olypics - Usain Bolt”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Usain Bolt seals his place in the pantheon with stunning fifth gold
- 2024 February 12, Ben Morse and Steve Almasy, “Kansas City Chiefs defeat San Francisco 49ers in OT in Super Bowl LVIII, become first back-to-back NFL champions in 19 years”, in CNN.com[2]:
- Mahomes, Kelce, head coach Andy Reid and other key contributors to the Chiefs’ recent run can now put themselves alongside NFL legends in the pantheon of the sport’s greatest.
Translations
[edit]a temple dedicated to all the gods
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all the gods of a particular religion
a category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group
Further reading
[edit]pantheon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “pantheon”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “pantheon”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Internationalism (see English pantheon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pantheon
- pantheon (the gods of a religion as a group)
- pantheon (temple or monument)
Declension
[edit]Inflection of pantheon (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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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 | |
abessive | pantheonitta | pantheoneitta | |
instructive | — | pantheonein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
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