I.a large room or chamber, esp. the hall, Od.
2.the women's apartment, id=Od.
II.in pl. a house, palace, like Lat. aedes, because the house consisted of many rooms, Hom.; ἐν μεγάροις at home, id=Hom.
III.the oracular chamber in the temple, the sanctuary, shrine, Hdt.; in this sense always, like Lat. aedes, in sg.