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Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Atheneum

Ath′e·ne′um, Ath′e·næ′um, n.; pl. E. Atheneums, L. Athenæa. [L. Athenaeum, Gr. Ἀθην́αιον a temple of Minerva at Athens, fr. Ἀθηνᾶ, contr. fr. Ἀθηνάα, Ἀθηναία, in Homer Ἀθήνη, Ἀθηναίν, Athene (called Minerva by the Romans), the tutelary goddess of Athens.] 1. (Gr. Antiq.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students.

2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian.

3. A literary or scientific association or club.

4. A building or an apartment where a library, periodicals, and newspapers are kept for use.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Noah Porter, editor (Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913). Public domain. Text as transcribed by MICRA, Inc., from Project Gutenberg. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: Greek, which our source spelled in Latin letters, set in Greek letters; entries of one spelling merged into one article; Greek words our source left out (shown as “?”), read from the 1898 printing, from the same plates (the Library of Congress’s copy), where the place could be found with certainty.