Naos is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Naos meaning
The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to.
Using Naos
- The main meaning on this page is: The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; (by extension) the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to.
- In the example corpus, naos often appears in combinations such as: the naos, naos was, naos and.
Context around Naos
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 8 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Naos
- In this selection, "naos" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, built, large, consisted, stand and entering stand out and add context to how "naos" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the naos in temple and called ho naos the temple. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "naos" sits close to words such as abad, abolishment and abr, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with naos
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
On the stylobate, often completely surrounding the naos, stand rows of columns. (12 words)
In 5th-century building accounts, the structure is simply called ho naos ("the temple"). (14 words)
Temples were constructed without windows, the light to the naos entering through the door. (14 words)
A Doric frieze at the top of the walls of the naos consisted of metopes depicting people, with the heads and naked parts of the women made of Parian marble and the rest from local stone. (36 words)
Athena Parthenos main The only piece of sculpture from the Parthenon known to be from the hand of Phidias citation was the statue of Athena housed in the naos. (29 words)
The building which housed the cult statue in its naos was originally a rather simple structure, but by the middle of the 6th century BCE had become increasingly elaborate. (29 words)
Example sentences (18)
NAOS or no NAOS, we will continue to do our best and lay a good foundation for our people to emulate.
A Doric frieze at the top of the walls of the naos consisted of metopes depicting people, with the heads and naked parts of the women made of Parian marble and the rest from local stone.
As with Temple C, there are many circular and square cavities in the pavement of the peristyle and of the naos, whose function is unknown.
Athena Parthenos main The only piece of sculpture from the Parthenon known to be from the hand of Phidias citation was the statue of Athena housed in the naos.
At the back of the central aisle was an adyton, separated from the walls of the naos and entirely contained within it.
Banister Fletcher The core of the building is a masonry-built "naos" within which is a cella, a windowless room originally housing the statue of the god.
In 5th-century building accounts, the structure is simply called ho naos ("the temple").
Inside, there is a portico containing a second row of columns, a pronaos, a naos, and an adyton in single long, narrow structure (an archaic characteristic).
In the wall between the pronaos and the naos in Temple A two spiral staircases led to the gallery (or floor) above.
It is made up of a prostyle portico of four columns which is reached by a stairway with nine steps, followed by a pronaos and naos.
On the stylobate, often completely surrounding the naos, stand rows of columns.
Sometimes a decorative frieze occurred around the upper part of the naos rather than on the exterior of the building.
Temples were constructed without windows, the light to the naos entering through the door.
The building which housed the cult statue in its naos was originally a rather simple structure, but by the middle of the 6th century BCE had become increasingly elaborate.
The interior consisted of a prostyle pronaos with four columns, with two deep antae walls ending in pilasters and three doors leading to the large naos.
The naos was a step higher than the pronaos and the adyton was a step higher again.
The naos was very large and divided into three aisles – the middle one was probably open to the air ( hypaethros ).
The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute operates a station and a small museum open to the public at Culebra Point on the island of Naos.
Common combinations with naos
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: