Hypogeum Definition

hīpə-jēəm
hypogea
noun
A subterranean chamber of an ancient building.
American Heritage
An underground cellar, vault, tomb, etc.
Webster's New World
An ancient subterranean burial chamber, such as a catacomb.
American Heritage

Other Word Forms of Hypogeum

Noun

Singular:
hypogeum
Plural:
hypogea, hypogeums

Origin of Hypogeum

  • From Latin hypogaeum, from Ancient Greek ὑπόγειον (hupogeion), a noun use of the neuter singular of ὑπόγειος (hupogeios, “underground”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin hypogēum from Greek hupogeion from neuter of hupogeios underground hypogeal

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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