abaton

See also: Abaton and ábaton

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton), nominalized neuter form of ἄβατος (ábatos, “inaccessible”).

Noun

abaton (plural abatons)

Abaton of Epidaurus, 2010

1. (historical) In Ancient Greece, an enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept.
2. (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

• German: Abaton (de) n
• Indonesian: abaton
• Italian: abaton (it) m, abato (it) m (rare)
• Polish: abaton (pl) m
• Portuguese: abaton (pt) m, ábaton m

burial site of one of the body parts of Osiris

• Egyptian: (jꜣt wꜥbt), (jw wꜥbt)

Anagrams

• botana

Esperanto

Noun

abaton

1. accusative singular of abato

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)

1. (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

Noun

abaton m (plural abata)

1. abaton

Further reading

• abaton in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• Banato, banato

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈba.tɔn/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -atɔn
• Syllabification: a‧ba‧ton

Noun

abaton m inan

1. (Ancient Greece, architecture) abaton
   • 2014, Krzysztof Sobczak, “O rozumieniu śmierci w antyku greckim i rzymskim”, in Humanistyka i Przyrodoznawstwo‎^[1], 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^[2], 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.

Declension

Declension of abaton

	singular	plural
nominative	abaton	abatony
genitive	abatonu	abatonów
dative	abatonowi	abatonom
accusative	abaton	abatony
instrumental	abatonem	abatonami
locative	abatonie	abatonach
vocative	abatonie	abatony

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• ábaton

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἄβατον (ábaton).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /a.baˈtõ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐ.bɐˈton/ [ɐ.βɐˈton]

Noun

abaton m (uncountable)

1. abaton (enclosure in the temple of Asclepios where patients slept)