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δόμος , , (δέμω, cf. Lat.
A.domus):
1. house, Il.2.513, Sapph.1.7, etc.; also, part of a house, room, chamber, Od.8.57, 22.204: freq. in pl. for a house, Hes.Op.96, etc.; freq. in Trag., A.Supp.433, etc.: chiefly poet., οἶκος or οἰκία being used in Prose.
2. house of a god, temple,Διὸς δόμοςIl.8.375; “δ. ἈρτέμιδοςAr.Ra.1273; Ἐρεχθῆος πυκινὸν δόμον the building of Erechtheus, i.e. the temple of Athena, Od.7.81; Ἄϊδος δ., of the nether world, Il.3.322, etc.; “δ. δίκαςA. Eu.516 (lyr.); μυστοδόκος δ., of the temple at Eleusis, Ar.Nu.303: so in pl., “εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισιIl.22.52; “δόμων τῶν ΛοξίουA.Eu.35, cf. E.Ion249; chamber in a temple, “χρύσεος δ. ἐν Διὸς οἴκῳTheoc.17.17.
3. abode of animals, e.g. sheepfold, Il.12.301; κοῖλος δ. wasps' or bees' nest, ib. 169; serpent's hole, Ael.NA2.9.
4.ξύλινος δ.pyre, B.3.49.
5. κέδρινοι δόμοι closet or chest of cedar, E.Alc. 160.
II. in Trag., household, family, A.Ch.263, S.OC370, E.Or. 70, Med.114 (anap.); one's father's house,ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν ἐμέA.Pr.665, etc.
2. ply or strand of gut in the τόνοι of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.65.42, Hero Bel.82.1.
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