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παστάς , άδος, ,
A.porch in front of the house, Hdt.2.148 (pl.), 169.
2. colonnade, such as ran round temples, X.Mem.3.8.9(pl.), prob. for παραστάσι in Id.Hier.11.2 ; τὰς δὲ παστάδας κοινὰς εἶμεν πάντεσσι, at Delphi, IG22.1126.22, cf. 42(1).109 ii 122 (Epid.) ; = Lat. porticus, D.H.4.44 (pl.), Plu.Galb.25.
3. part of the house next the porch, hall, A.R.1.789, AP6.172.
II. inner room, bridal chamber, ἀκτέριστον ἀμφὶ π., of the cave in which Antigone was immured, S.Ant. 1207 ; “κεδρωτὰ παστάδων τέραμναE.Or.1371 (lyr.), cf. Theoc.24.46, AP9.245 (Antiphan.), Menemach. ap. Orib.10.14.3 ; παστάδος ὥρη, of marriageable age, Epigr.Gr.521 (Thessalonica), cf.Chor.in Rev.Phil. 1.241 ; ἄμοιρος ἔτι παστάδος, of a bachelor, Id.Proc.1, cf. 4.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Euripides, Orestes, 1371
    • Herodotus, Histories, 2.148
    • Sophocles, Antigone, 1207
    • Xenophon, Memorabilia, 3.8.9
    • Xenophon, Hiero, 11.2
    • Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica, 1.789
    • Plutarch, Galba, 25
    • Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Antiquitates Romanae, 4.44
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