δῶμα,ατος,τό, (δέμω)
A. house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ.
Il. 21.44
, etc.; mainly poet., but once in Hdt.,2.62 (pl.), and in late Prose (v. infr.), but never in Att. Prose: also,chief room, hall,θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ
αὐλήν
Il. 6.316
, cf. Od. 17.329 , al.: hence, pl. fora single house, 2.259 , freq. in Trag., A. Ag. 607 , S. Tr. 332 , E. Or. 301 , etc.
2. of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ' ἔχοντες
Il. 2.13
, etc.;κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21 ; freq. of Pluto,δῶμ' Ἀί̈δαοthe nether world, Od. 12.21 ; ὦ δῶμ' Ἀί̈δου καὶ Περσεφόνης
S. El. 110
; Πλούτωνος δ.
E. HF 808
(lyr.); of a temple, Pi. P. 4.53 , A. Eu. 242 , etc.: pl., Hdt. 2.62 , S. OT 71 .