δάπεδον

dapedon

level surface

Appears 10 times across Homer's epics.

Frequency by work

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Odyssey 9
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Book 4 1
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4627
Book 10 1
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10227
Book 11 2
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11420
11577
Book 17 1
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17169
Book 22 3
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22188
22309
22455
Book 24 1
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24185
Iliad 1
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Book 4 1
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42

Dictionary (LSJ)

δάπεδον [δᾰ], τό, A. level surface, ἐν τυκτῷ δαπέδῳ Od. 4.627; floor of a chamber, 10.227, al., X. Cyr. 8.8.16, IG 4.952.44 (Epid.); ground, soil, γῆς ἀρότροις ῥήξας δ. Ar. Pl. 515; πόλιος δ. Hdt. 4.200; Συρίης δ. AP 12.131 (Posidipp.): abs., ground, κείμενον ἐν δαπέδῳ Od. 11.577: in pl., a shipʼs decks (fore and aft), h.Ap. 416; but, plain, Pi. N. 7.34, E. Hipp. 230 (anap.); Βοιωτῶν δ. AP 7.245 (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.)

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