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|Definition=ατος, τό, (δέμω) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[house]], πατρώϊον ἵκετο δῶμα <span class="bibl">Il.21.44</span>, etc.; mainly poet., but once in <span class="bibl">Hdt., 2.62</span> (pl.), and in late Prose (v. infr.), but never in Att. Prose: also, [[chief room]], [[hall]], <b class="b3">θάλαμον καὶ δῶμα καὶ</b> αὐλήν <span class="bibl">Il.6.316</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.17.329</span>, al.: hence, pl. for [[a single house]], <span class="bibl">2.259</span>, freq. in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>607</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>332</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>301</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες <span class="bibl">Il.2.13</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">κλυτὰ δώματα βένθεσι λίμνης</b>, of Poseidon (his famous palace was built in the depths of the sea), <span class="bibl">13.21</span>; freq. of Pluto, <b class="b3">δῶμ' Ἀΐδαο</b> the nether world, <span class="bibl">Od.12.21</span>; ὦ δῶμ' Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>110</span>; Πλούτωνος δ. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>808</span> (lyr.); of a temple, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>4.53</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>242</span>, etc.: pl., <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.62</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>71</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[δῶμα Καδμεῖον]], i.e. [[Thebes]], ib.<span class="bibl">29</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[housetop]], <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">De.</span>22.8</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ev.Matt.</span>24.17</span>, <span class="bibl">Babr.5.5</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>475.22</span> (ii A.D.), etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[household]], [[family]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1468</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>1226</span>, etc.; cf. [[δῶ]].</span>