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δάπεδον [δα^], τό,
A.level surface,ἐν τυκτῷ δαπέδῳOd.4.627; floor of a chamber, 10.227, al., X.Cyr.8.8.16, IG4.952.44 (Epid.); ground, soil,γῆς ἀρότροις ῥήξας δ.Ar.Pl.515; “πόλιος δ.Hdt.4.200; “Συρίης δ.AP12.131 (Posidipp.): abs., ground,κείμενον ἐν δαπέδῳOd.11.577: in pl., a ship's decks (fore and aft), h.Ap.416; but, plain, Pi.N.7.34, E.Hipp.230 (anap.); “Βοιωτῶν δ.AP7.245 (Gaet.).—Mostly poet.; in later Prose, Luc.Sacr.8 alludes to Il.4.2. (From *dṃ-pedo- [dem-, dom-, dṃ-, = house; expld. by οἶκος, ἐρείπιον, Hsch.]; cf. ζάπεδον.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (10):
    • Aristophanes, Plutus, 515
    • Euripides, Hippolytus, 230
    • Herodotus, Histories, 4.200
    • Homer, Iliad, 4.2
    • Homer, Odyssey, 10.227
    • Homer, Odyssey, 11.577
    • Homer, Odyssey, 4.627
    • Homeric Hymns, Hymn 3 to Apollo, 416
    • Xenophon, Cyropaedia, 8.8.16
    • Lucian, De sacrificiis, 8
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