odeum

[ oh-dee-uhm ]

noun

, plural o·de·a [oh-, dee, -, uh].

1. a hall, theater, or other structure for musical or dramatic performances.
2. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a roofed building for musical performances.

odeum

/ ˈəʊdɪəm /

noun

1. (esp in ancient Greece and Rome) a building for musical performances Also calledodeon

Word History and Origins

Origin of odeum¹

1595–1605; < ōdēum music hall < Greek ōideîon, equivalent to ōid ( ḗ ) song, ode + -eion suffix denoting place

Word History and Origins

Origin of odeum¹

C17: from Latin, from Greek ōideion, from ōidē ode

Example Sentences

A spokesperson for Odeum declined to comment.

From Washington Times

The Santa Clara County district attorney’s office found that Odeum was serving farmed tilapia and calling it wild-caught sole for a period of over a year.

From Washington Times

The settlement requires that the Morgan Hill restaurant Odeum pay $30,000 in restitution by offering customers $30 gift cards as restitution, the Santa Clara district attorney’s office announced Wednesday.

From Los Angeles Times

Among the recipients, the historic Greenwich Odeum theater in East Greenwich is slated to get $250,000 to restore the facade, install an assistive listening system and make the restrooms accessible.

From Washington Times

Upon the southern slope of the Acropolis, beneath the limestone precipices and the great golden-brown walls above which the Parthenon shows its white summit, are many ruins; among them the Theater of Dionysus and the Odeum of Herodes Atticus, the rich Marathonian who spent much of his money in the beautification of Athens, and who taught rhetoric to two men who eventually became Roman emperors.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• amphitheater
• arena
• auditorium
• cinema
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• drama
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• house
• movie
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• opera house
• playhouse
• room
• scene
• site
• theatre