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