the room positioned at the rear of an ancient Greek temple
opisthodomos in American English
(ˌɑpɪsˈθɑdəməs, -ˌmɑs)
nounWord forms: plural-moses
1. Also called: posticum
a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury
2.
a rear vestibule, as of a classical temple; epinaos
Word origin
[1690–1700; ‹ Gk opisthódomos, equiv. to opistho-opistho- + dómos house]This word is first recorded in the period 1690–1700. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cocoon, foolscap, lifeline, manta, migrate
Examples of 'opisthodomos' in a sentence
opisthodomos
Demosthenes (xxiv, 136) speaks of a fire in the opisthodomos.
Various The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893 (1893). Retrieved in 2019 from Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/)