δῶμα

doma

house

Appears 246 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δῶμα, ατος, τό, (δέμω) A. house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. Il. 21.44, etc.; mainly poet., but once in Hdt., 2.62 (pl.), and in late Prose (v. infr.), but never in Att. Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν Il. 6.316, cf. Od. 17.329, al.: hence, pl. for a single house, 2.259, freq. in Trag., A. Ag. 607, S. Tr. 332, E. Or. 301, etc. 2. of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματʼ ἔχοντες Il. 2.13, etc.; κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21; freq. of Pluto, δῶμʼ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, Od. 12.21; ὦ δῶμʼ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης S. El. 110; Πλούτωνος δ. E. HF 808 (lyr.); of a temple, Pi. P. 4.53, A. Eu. 242, etc.: pl., Hdt. 2.62, S. OT 71. 3. δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, ib.29. 4. housetop, LXX De. 22.8, Ev.Matt. 24.17, Babr. 5.5, POxy. 475.22 (ii A.D.), etc. II. household, family, A. Ag. 1468 (lyr.), S. OT 1226, etc.; cf. δῶ.
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