αἴθουσα
aithousa
portico, verandah, to catch the sun
Appears 19 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
αἴθουσα (sc. στοά), ἡ, properly part. of αἴθω (q.v.), in the Homeric house, A. portico, verandah, to catch the sun, δόμον . . ξεστῇς αἰθούσῃσι τετυγμένον Il. 6.243, cf. 20.11, 3.39, 237: in Od. esp. of a loggia leading from αὐλή to πρόδομος, 3.399, al.; αἰ. ἐρίδουπος, echoing to the tramp of horses, 15.146. 2. = κώνειον, Ps.- 4.78. (αἴθουσσα Hdn.Gr.2.919, v.l. in , which may point to αἰθοῦσσα = αἰθόεσσα.)
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