ὑπερῷον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. ὑπερ-ώϊον, τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[the upper part of the house]], where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα <span class="bibl">Il.2.514</span>; εἰς ὑπερῷ' ἀναβάς <span class="bibl">16.184</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Od.1.362</span>; <b class="b3">ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν . . Πηνελόπεια</b> [[from her chamber]] she heard it, ib.<span class="bibl">328</span>; approached by a [[κλῖμαξ]], ib.<span class="bibl">330</span>: so in later Gr., [[upper chamber]] or [[story]], Act.Ap.1.13, <span class="title">Supp.Epigr.</span>2.754 (Syria, ii A. D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>2146.7</span> (iii A. D.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[attic]], [[garret]], <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Eq.</span>1001</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pl.</span>811</span>, <span class="bibl">Men.<span class="title">Sam.</span>17</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>22.1638.27; ἄνωθ' ἐξ ὑ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Ec.</span>698</span> (anap.); of [[a spare room]], <span class="bibl">Antipho 1.14</span>.</span>