θάλαμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[θᾰ], ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> an [[inner]] [[room]] or [[chamber]], [[surround]]ed by other [[building]]s: freq. in Hom.,<br><span class="bld">1</span> generally, [[women]]'s [[apartment]], [[inner]] part of the [[house]], like [[μυχός]], Il.3.142,174, Od.4.121, etc.: in plural, Il.18.492; ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρεώνων… ἐς τοὺς θ. Hdt.1.34.<br><span class="bld">2</span> a special [[chamber]] in this part of the [[house]],<br><span class="bld">a</span> [[bedroom]], especially of the [[lady]] of the [[house]], Il.3.423, al., Hdt.1.12, 3.78, Plu.Alc.23; esp. [[bride]]-[[chamber]], Il.11.227, Pi.P.2.33 (pl.), S.Tr.913, E.Hipp.540 (lyr., pl.); also, [[bedroom]] of an [[unmarried]] [[son]], Od.1.425, 19.48.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[store]]-[[room]], esp. for [[valuable]]s, Il.24.191, Od.21.8, X.Oec.9.3, etc.; ὄλβου διοίγων θάλαμον E.Fr.285.8.<br><span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[chamber]], [[room]], Od.23.192, POxy. 1144.2 (i/ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[house]], [[mansion]] (not in Hom.), Pi.O.5.13 (pl.), 6.1; βασιλικοὶ θάλαμοι E.Ion 486 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., ὁ [[παγκοίτας]] θάλαμος, of the [[grave]], S.Ant.804 (anap.); [[τυμβήρης]] θάλαμος, of the [[prison]] of [[Danae]], ib.947 (lyr.); θάλαμοι ὑπὸ [[γῆ]]ς = the [[realm]]s [[below]], A.Pers.624; γᾶς θάλαμοι E.HF807 (lyr.); θ. Περσεφονείας Id.Supp.1022 (lyr.); θάλαμος [[Ἀμφιτρίτα|Ἀμφιτρίτας]], of the [[sea]], S.OT195 (lyr.); πολυδένδρεσσιν Ὀλύμπου θαλάμοις E.Ba.561 (lyr., θαλάμαις cj. Barnes); ἀρνῶν θάλαμος [[fold]]s or [[pen]]s, Id.Cyc. 57 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">III</span> the [[low]]est, [[dark]]est [[part]] of the [[ship]], the [[hold]], Timae. 114, Poll.1.87; cf. [[θαλάμη]] ''ΙΙ''.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> used of [[certain]] [[mystic]] [[shrine]]s or [[chapel]]s, [[sacred]] to [[Apis]], Ael.NA11.10, cf. Plin.HN8.185; the [[innermost]] [[shrine]], Luc.Syr.D.31.