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ath⋅e⋅nae⋅um

  [ath-uh-nee-uhm, -ney-]
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–noun
1. an institution for the promotion of literary or scientific learning.
2. a library or reading room.
3. (initial capital letter) a sanctuary of Athena at Athens, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, and frequented by poets and scholars.
Also, ath⋅e⋅ne⋅um.

Origin:
1720–30; < L < Gk Athnaion temple of Athena, where poets read their works
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ath·e·nae·um also ath·e·ne·um   (āth'ə-nē'əm)   
n.  

  1. An institution, such as a literary club or scientific academy, for the promotion of learning.

  2. A place, such as a library, where printed materials are available for reading.


[Late Latin Athēnaeum, a Roman school, after Greek Athēnaion, the temple of Athena, from Athēna, Athena.]
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Athenaeum 
1727, from L., from Gk. Athenaion "(the temple of) Athene," in ancient Athens, in which professors taught and actors or poets rehearsed. Meaning "literary club-room or reading room" is from 1799; "literary or scientific club" is from 1864. Athene, Gk. goddess of wisdom, skills, warfare, etc., has a pre-Gk. name of unknown meaning.
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