panteão

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin Pantheon, from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pántheion, “a temple of all gods”), neuter of πάνθειος (pántheios, “of or common to all gods”), from πᾶν (pân, “all, everything”) +‎ θείος (theíos, “of or for the gods”), from θεός (theós, “god”).

Noun

panteão m (plural panteões)

  1. (mythology) pantheon (all the gods of a particular religion)
  2. pantheon (temple dedicated to all the gods)
  3. pantheon (category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group)

Further reading
  • “panteão” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
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