δόμος

English (LSJ)

ὁ, (δέμω, cf. Lat.

   A domus):    1 house, Il.2.513, Sapph.1.7, etc.; also, part of a house, room, chamber, Od.8.57, 22.204: freq. in pl. for a house, Hes.Op.96, etc.; freq. in Trag., A.Supp.433, etc.: chiefly poet., οἶκος or οἰκία being used in Prose.    2 house of a god, temple, Διὸς δόμος Il.8.375; δ. Ἀρτέμιδος Ar.Ra.1273; Ἐρεχθῆος πυκινὸν δόμον the building of Erechtheus, i.e. the temple of Athena, Od.7.81; Ἄϊδος δ., of the nether world, Il.3.322, etc.; δ. δίκας A. Eu.516 (lyr.); μυστοδόκος δ., of the temple at Eleusis, Ar.Nu.303: so in pl., εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι Il.22.52; δόμων τῶν Λοξίου A.Eu.35, cf. E.Ion249; chamber in a temple, χρύσεος δ. ἐν Διὸς οἴκῳ Theoc.17.17.    3 abode of animals, e.g. sheepfold, Il.12.301; κοῖλος δ. wasps' or bees' nest, ib. 169; serpent's hole, Ael.NA2.9.    4 ξύλινος δ. pyre, B.3.49.    5 κέδρινοι δόμοι closet or chest of cedar, E.Alc. 160.    II in Trag., household, family, A.Ch.263, S.OC370, E.Or. 70, Med.114 (anap.); one's father's house, ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν ἐμέ A.Pr.665, etc.    III course of stone or bricks in a building, ὑποδείμας τὸν πρῶτον δ. λίθου Αἰθιοπικοῦ Hdt.2.127; διὰ τριήκοντα δόμων πλίνθου at every thirtieth layer of bricks, Id.1.179, cf. LXX 1 Es.6.24, D.S.1.64; καθ' ἕνα δόμον Plb.10.22.7.    2 ply or strand of gut in the τόνοι of a torsion-engine, Ph.Bel.65.42, Hero Bel.82.1.