θάλαμος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=[θᾰ], ὁ</b>, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> an [[inner]] [[room]] or [[chamber]], [[surround]]ed by other [[building]]s: freq. in Hom., </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> generally, [[women]]'s [[apartment]], [[inner]] part of the [[house]], like [[μυχός]], <span class="bibl">Il.3.142</span>,<span class="bibl">174</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.121</span>, etc.: in pl., <span class="bibl">Il.18.492</span>; ἐκ τῶν ἀνδρεώνων… ἐς τοὺς θ. <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.34</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> a special [[chamber]] in this part of the [[house]], </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">a</span> [[bedroom]], especially of the lady of the house, <span class="bibl">Il.3.423</span>, al., <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.12</span>, <span class="bibl">3.78</span>, <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Alc.</span>23</span>; esp. [[bride]]-[[chamber]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.227</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>2.33</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>913</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>540</span> (lyr., pl.); also, [[bedroom]] of an [[unmarried]] [[son]], <span class="bibl">Od.1.425</span>, <span class="bibl">19.48</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">b</span> [[store-room]], esp. for valuables, <span class="bibl">Il.24.191</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.21.8</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Oec.</span>9.3</span>, etc.; ὄλβου διοίγων θάλαμον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Fr.</span>285.8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">c</span> generally, [[chamber]], [[room]], <span class="bibl">Od.23.192</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span> 1144.2</span> (i/ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[house]], [[mansion]] (not in Hom.), <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.13</span> (pl.), <span class="bibl">6.1</span>; [[βασιλικοὶ θ]]. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 486</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> metaph., ὁ [[παγκοίτας]] θάλαμος, of the [[grave]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ant.</span>804</span> (anap.); [[τυμβήρης]] θάλαμος, of the [[prison]] of Danae, ib.<span class="bibl">947</span> (lyr.); θάλαμοι ὑπὸ γῆς = the [[realm]]s below, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pers.</span>624</span>; γᾶς θάλαμοι <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>807</span> (lyr.); θ. Περσεφονείας <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Supp.</span>1022</span> (lyr.); θάλαμος [[Ἀμφιτρίτας]], of the [[sea]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>195</span> (lyr.); πολυδένδρεσσιν Ὀλύμπου θαλάμοις <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ba.</span>561</span> (lyr., [[θαλάμαις]] cj. Barnes); ἀρνῶν θ. [[fold]]s or [[pen]]s, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Cyc.</span> 57</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> the [[lowest]], [[darkest]] [[part]] of the [[ship]], the [[hold]], <span class="bibl">Timae. 114</span>, <span class="bibl">Poll.1.87</span>; cf. θαλάμη ''ΙΙ''. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> used of [[certain]] [[mystic]] [[shrine]]s or [[chapel]]s, [[sacred]] to [[Apis]], <span class="bibl">Ael.<span class="title">NA</span>11.10</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plin.<span class="title">HN</span>8.185</span>; the [[innermost]] [[shrine]], <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Syr.D.</span>31</span>.</span>