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Definition of Hypogeum
1. n. The subterraneous portion of a building, as in amphitheaters, for the service of the games; also, subterranean galleries, as the catacombs.
Definition of Hypogeum
1. Noun. an underground room or cavern (also used figuratively) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hypogeum
1. an underground chamber [n -GEA]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hypogeum
Literary usage of Hypogeum
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Landscapes of Malta, Gozo and Comino: A Countryside Guide by Douglas Lockhart (2004)
"The hypogeum (5mi IT) is signposted: the vast underground tombs and temple ...
The nearby Neolithic temples (less than half a mile from the hypogeum) are ..."
2. The Ancient Lowly: A History of the Ancient Working People from the Earliest by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1900)
"... Found in Columbarium—Strange Tablet—Quoted Verbatim—Cinerary Urns Preserved
Deep in hypogeum—Description of Find— Greek of Franz Quoted—Though a Hot . ..."
3. Dr. William Smith's Dictionary of the Bible: Comprising Its Antiquities by William Smith (1892)
"The only important hypogeum which is wholly Jewish in its arrangements, and may
consequently belong to an earlier or to any epoch, is that known as the ..."
4. The Past in the Present: What is Civilization? by Arthur Mitchell (1881)
"... at a height of about four feet, by a single stone in the same way. \v Ky / Fig.
45.—Beehive-house, with hypogeum (g, h, i). South Uist. ..."
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