adytum
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adytum
- /ˈadɪtəm/ UK
- /ˈædətəm/ US
- [-ɾəm] US
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin adytum, from Ancient Greek ἄδυτον (áduton, “innermost sanctuary; shrine”), inflected form of ἄδυτος (ádutos, “not to be entered”).
noun adytums · adyta
- The innermost sanctuary or shrine in a temple, from where oracles were given. Let us now with minds free of paſſion, enter the adytum with an intent to find out its true figure, to examine what it really was, and what it is. […] This point is properly the door-way or entrance into the adytum, as a wicket or little door, whilſt the jambs of the hithermoſt trilithons preſent th
- A private chamber; a sanctum. Although it was the custom for the priestesses to affect a holy fury, a species of temporary insanity, in the delivering of their oracles, yet it was also the custom to write them on the leaves of trees, and to deposit them at the entrances of their caves, or the adyta of their temples; and it was t
Translations
Talk about this word "adytum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/adytum. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. adytum. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/adytum "adytum." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/adytum.Cite this
@misc{adytum_2026,
title = {adytum},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/adytum},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
