ὑπερῷον

English (LSJ)

Ep. and Ion. ὑπερ-ώϊον, τό,

   A the upper part of the house, where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il.2.514; εἰς ὑπερῷ' ἀναβάς 16.184, cf. Od.1.362; ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν . . Πηνελόπεια from her chamber she heard it, ib.328; approached by a κλῖμαξ, ib.330: so in later Gr., upper chamber or story, Act.Ap.1.13, Supp.Epigr.2.754 (Syria, ii A. D.), POxy.2146.7 (iii A. D.).    2 attic, garret, Ar.Eq.1001, Pl.811, Men.Sam.17, IG22.1638.27; ἄνωθ' ἐξ ὑ. Ar.Ec.698 (anap.); of a spare room, Antipho 1.14.