A.level surface, “ἐν τυκτῷ δαπέδῳ” Od.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 δαπέδῳ” Od.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.)
δάπεδον [δα^], τό,