δόμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, (<b class="b3">δέμω</b>, cf. Lat.<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[domus]]): </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> [[house]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.513</span>, Sapph.1.7, etc.; also, [[part of a house]], [[room]], [[chamber]], <span class="bibl">Od.8.57</span>, <span class="bibl">22.204</span>: freq. in pl. for [[a house]], <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Op.</span>96</span>, etc.; freq. in Trag., <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>433</span>, etc.: chiefly poet., <b class="b3">οἶκος</b> or <b class="b3">οἰκία</b> being used in Prose. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[house]] of a god, [[temple]], Διὸς δόμος <span class="bibl">Il.8.375</span>; δ. Ἀρτέμιδος <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ra.</span>1273</span>; <b class="b3">Ἐρεχθῆος πυκινὸν δόμον</b> [[the building]] of Erechtheus, i.e. [[the temple]] of Athena, <span class="bibl">Od.7.81</span>; <b class="b3">Ἄϊδος δ</b>., of the nether world, <span class="bibl">Il.3.322</span>, etc.; δ. δίκας <span class="bibl">A. <span class="title">Eu.</span>516</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">μυστοδόκος δ</b>., of the [[temple]] at Eleusis, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>303</span>: so in pl., εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι <span class="bibl">Il.22.52</span>; δόμων τῶν Λοξίου <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>35</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span>249</span>; [[chamber]] in a temple, χρύσεος δ. ἐν Διὸς οἴκῳ <span class="bibl">Theoc.17.17</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> [[abode]] of animals, e.g. sheep[[fold]], <span class="bibl">Il.12.301</span>; <b class="b3">κοῖλος δ</b>. wasps' or bees' [[nest]], ib. <span class="bibl">169</span>; serpent's [[hole]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>2.9</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> ξύλινος δ. [[pyre]], <span class="bibl">B.3.49</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> <b class="b3">κέδρινοι δόμοι</b> [[closet]] or [[chest]] of cedar, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Alc.</span> 160</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in Trag., [[household]], [[family]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ch.</span>263</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>370</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span> 70</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Med.</span>114</span> (anap.); <b class="b2">one's father's house</b>, ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν ἐμέ <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>665</span>, etc. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> [[course]] of stone or bricks in a building, ὑποδείμας τὸν πρῶτον δ. λίθου Αἰθιοπικοῦ <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.127</span>; <b class="b3">διὰ τριήκοντα δόμων πλίνθου</b> at every thirtieth [[layer]] of bricks, <span class="bibl">Id.1.179</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">1 Es.</span>6.24</span>, <span class="bibl">D.S.1.64</span>; καθ' ἕνα δόμον <span class="bibl">Plb.10.22.7</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> [[ply]] or [[strand]] of gut in the <b class="b3">τόνοι</b> of a torsion-engine, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>65.42</span>, <span class="bibl">Hero <span class="title">Bel.</span>82.1</span>.</span>

|etymtx=Grammatical information: m.<br />Meaning: [[house]], [[living]], [[room]] (Il.), also [[layer]] (Hdt.; s. below).<br />Compounds: Compp. subst. wie <b class="b3">ὀπισθό-</b>, <b class="b3">πρό-</b> and adj. like <b class="b3">ἀγχί-</b>, <b class="b3">ἰσό-</b>.<br />Derivatives: <b class="b3">δομόομαι</b> [[be supplied with a house]] (pap. VIp).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [198] <b class="b2">*domo-</b> [[house]]<br />Etymology: Identical with Skt. <b class="b2">dáma-</b> m. [[house]], and with Lat. [[domus]], if it is an <b class="b2">o-</b>stem. (Beside the <b class="b2">o-</b>stem an old <b class="b2">u-</b>stem, in Skt. <b class="b2">dámū-nas-</b> m. [[housemate]] (diff. Pisani KZ 72, 213ff.) and Arm. [[tanu-tēr]] [[house-lord]] (Lat. [[domus]] as <b class="b2">u-</b>stem perh. innovation, Ernout Philologica 103); s. also [[δμώς]]. Old is also the root noun in [[δεσπότης]], [[δάπεδον]] (uncertain [[δάμαρ]] (s. v.). Unclear <b class="b3">Δ(α)μία</b>, <b class="b3">Μνία</b> s. [[Δημήτηρ]]. - In origin <b class="b3">δόμος</b> is not a verbal abstract of <b class="b3">δέμω</b>. Another re-formation is [[δῶμα]], s. v.