μέλαθρον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, Ep. gen. sg.<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[μελαθρόφιν]] Od.8.279:—[[roof-tree]], [[ridgepole]], <b class="b3">μελαθρόφιν ἐξεκέχυντο</b> [[l.c.]], cf. 11.278, ''h.Ven.''173, ''IG''11(2).161''A'' 105 (Delos, iii B. C.), 199''A''113 (ibid., pl.); ἐπὶ προὔχοντι μελάθρῳ Od. 19.544: generally, [[beam]], [[roofbeam]] [[LXX]] ''3 Ki.''7.9(20); τὰ μέλαθρα τῶν θυρίδων ''PRyl.'' 233.5 (ii A. D.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[roof]], Il.2.414, Od.18.150.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[house]], κυπαρίσσινον μέλαθρον Pi.''P.''5.40; <b class="b3">οὐράνιον μέλαθρον</b>, of [[heaven]], E.''Hec.''1101 (lyr.): mostly in plural, Alc.''Supp.''19.2, etc.; <b class="b3">μελάθροις ἐν βασιλείοις</b> in the [[king]]'s [[hall]]s, A.''Ch.''343 (anap.), etc.; ἐς δόμων μέλαθρον Id.''Ag.''957; of a [[cave]] used as a [[dwelling]], S.''Ph.''147, E.''Cyc.''491 (both anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lair]] of an [[animal]], Opp.''C.''2.307.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[cage]], ib.4.107,423. (Acc. to ''EM''576.16 from [[μελαίνω]], cf. [[καπνοδόκη]]; it is doubtful whether [[κμέλεθρον]] is cogn.)