μέσαυλος
mesaulos
the inner court, inside the
Appears 5 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
μέσαυλος, ον, Ep. μέσσ-, Att. μέτ-: (αὐλή): I. in μέσσαυλος, ὁ, or μέσσαυλον, τό (gender unknown), prob. the inner court, inside the αὐλή, where cattle were put at night, 11.11.548, 17.112,657, 24.29; used of the cave of the Cyclops, Od. 10.435. II. Att. Prose and Com. μέταυλος (sc. θύρα), ἡ, the door between the αὐλή and the inner part of the house, Fr. 371; in full, μέταυλος θύρα 1.17; also θύραι μέσαυλοι Alc. 549; mesauloe, 6.7.5.
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