Pantheon

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

Panthē̆on or -um, i, n., = Πάνθεον, Πάνθειον,

I the great temple of Jupiter , built by Agrippa , and restored by Hadrian , M. Aurelius , Septimius Severus , and Caracalla , now the Tempio di S. Maria Rotonda : Agrippae Pantheum, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 38 (but id. 36, 15, 24, § 102, read tectum diribitori); 34, 3, 7, § 13; 9, 35, 58, § 121; cf. Inscr. Orell. 34; Spart. Hadr. 19; Amm. 16, 10, 14.—

II The statue of a god , adorned with the symbols of several other deities , Aus. Epigr. 30; Inscr. Grut. 1, 3 sq.; cf. Spon. Miscell. Antiq. p. 19.

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