Definition of 'Erechtheum'
noun
temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built 5th cent. b.c.: it contains famous examples of Ionic architecture
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Word origin of 'Erechtheum'
Gr Erechtheion < Erechtheus, lit., the render, a mythical king of Athens supposedly entombed there < erechthein, to rend, break < IE base *rekth-, to harm > Sans ráksas-, tormentTrends of 'Erechtheum'
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