abaton
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, “inaccessible”).
Noun
abaton (plural abatons)
- (historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
- (historical) In Ancient Egypt, any one of the sacred cult sites where a body part of the dismembered Osiris was claimed to be buried.
Translations
enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept
burial site of one of the body parts of Osiris
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Esperanto
Indonesian
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈabatɔn]
- Hyphenation: aba‧ton
Noun
abaton (first-person possessive abatonku, second-person possessive abatonmu, third-person possessive abatonnya)
- (historical, architecture) abaton.
Further reading
- “abaton” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
Alternative forms
- abato (rare)
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, “inaccessible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.ba.ton/
- Rhymes: -abaton
- Hyphenation: à‧ba‧ton
Further reading
- abaton in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Polish
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈba.tɔn/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -atɔn
- Syllabification: a‧ba‧ton
Noun
abaton m inan
- (Ancient Greece, architecture) abaton
- 2014, Krzysztof Sobczak, “O rozumieniu śmierci w antyku greckim i rzymskim”, in Humanistyka i Przyrodoznawstwo, number 20, Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Warmińsko-Mazurskiego w Olsztynie, →ISSN, pages 479–502:
- Po zachodzie słońca udawali się do abatonu, gdzie następowała inkubacja, […]
- After sunset they made their way to the abaton, where incubation took place, […]
- 2020, Aneta Liwerska, “Inskrypcja Apellasa jako źródło poznania charakteru opieki nad pacjentem w asklepiejonie epidauryjskim w II wne”, in Klio. Czasopismo poświęcone dziejom Polski i powszechnym, volume 52, number 1, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika, →ISSN, pages 3–30:
- […], gdzie dana aktywność się odbywała; mamy więc tutaj ocieranie się o ścianę w łaźni, korzystanie z huśtawek na górnym portyku i nacieranie się w abatonie.
- […], where the given activity took place; so we have here rubbing against the wall in the bathhouse, using the swings on the upper portico, and massing in the abaton.
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