A.house, “πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ.” Il.21.44, etc.; mainly poet., but once in Hdt., 2.62 (pl.), and in late Prose (v. infr.), but never in Att. Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ “αὐλήν” Il.6.316, cf. Od.17.329, al.: hence, pl. for a single house, 2.259, freq. in Trag., A.Ag.607, S.Tr.332, E.Or.301, etc.
δῶμα , ατος, τό, (δέμω)