μέγᾰρον,τό, gen. pl.
A.
μεγαρέων
Sophr. 6
:
I. large room, hall; esp.
1. the chief roomin the Homeric palace, μ. πλεῖον δαιτυμόνων
Od. 17.604
, al.
2. women's apartment, 18.198 : pl., 17.569 , 19.30 .
3. bedchamber, 11.374 .
II. in pl.,house, palace, freq. in Hom. , ἐνὶ ̔ἐν̓ μεγάροισι
Il. 1.396
, 418 , al.: opp.ἐπ' ἀγροῦ, Od. 22.47 : later in sg., Pi. O. 6.2 , P. 4.134 .
III. sanctuary, shrine, freq. in Hdt. (whouses the word in thissense only), 1.47 , 65 , 2.143 , 6.134 .