Mausoleum

mausoleum English en:+ at Halicarnassus thumb|200px|A model of the Mausoleum Alternative forms en Mausoleon Mausoleion Etymology en la Mausōlēum, from en grc Μαυσωλεῖον, from 1 grc Μαύσωλος<t:Mausolus> -εῖον<pos:noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”>. en Mausolus -eum. Pronunciation en /ˌmɔː.zəˈliː.əm/ UK en /ˌmɔ.səˈli.əm/ US, mô'sə-lē'əm, en /-.zəˈ-/ /ˌmɑ.-/ cot-caught Proper noun 1 en Q45368 The grand tomb built around 353–351 BCE at Halicarnassus for Mausolus, a ruler of Caria and satrap of the Achaemenid Empire; one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. en 1872 William Smith (lexicographer) William Smith Phileus A Classical Dictionary of Biography, Mythology, and Geography London 559 https://books.google.com/books?id=c00rvX050iQC&pg=PA559 Phileus, an eminent Ionian architect, built the Mausoleum, in conjunction with Satyrus, and the temple of Athena Polias, at Priene. The date of the erection of the Mausoleum was soon after B.C. 353, the year in which Mausolus died; that of the temple at Priene must have been about 20 years later. en 2007 Edmund Thomas Monumentality and the Roman Empire: Architecture in the Antonine Age 180 https://books.google.com/books?id=JRdREAAAQBAJ&pg=PA180 Because of its status as a wonder of the world, the Mausoleum was admired by Vitruvius and Strabo and described with measurements by the elder Pliny. en 2013 Distributed Objects: Meaning and Mattering after Alfred Gell 79 https://books.google.com/books?id=yVZFAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA79 Even when painted, marble retains its capacity to absorb and retransmit light, so that the sculptures of a monument like the Mausoleum would have been characterized by a kind of living glow even in their polychromy. The use of marble quite literally lent an added lustre to the deeds of Mausolus and his ancestors which it celebrated. Related terms en mausoleum mausolean Translations French: fr Mausolée m Middle French: frm Mausolee m German: de Mausoleum n Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Μαυσωλεῖον n Latin: la Mausōlēum n en eponyms German de: Etymology de la mausōlēum mausoleum. Pronunciation de De-Mausoleum.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun n,,Mausoleen mausoleum Declension n,,Mausoleen Descendants ru мавзолей 1 Further reading Latin la: Etymology la grc Μαυσωλεῖον, from 1 grc Μαύσωλος<t:Mausolus> -εῖον<pos:noun-forming suffix meaning “place or building associated with a specific purpose or person”>. la Mausōlus -ēum<id:borrowing>. Pronunciation Mausōlēum Proper noun Mausōlēum<2> la Mausoleum Q45368 Declension Mausōlēum<2> Descendants en Mausoleum 1 frm Mausolee Noun Mausōlēum<2> mausoleum la Martial Epigrammata 5 64 Tam vicina iubent nos vivere Mausolea, cum doceant, ipsos posse perire deos. The mausoleums, close at hand, bid us live, for they teach us that even gods can die. Declension Mausōlēum<2.both> Descendants it mausoleo frm mausolee fr mausolée References Mausōlēum Mausōlēum 956 la eponyms