πρόθυρ-ον,τό,
A. front-door, door-way,esp. of the entrance to the αὐλή, ἐκ δ' ἔλασε προθύροιο καὶ αἰθούσης
Il. 24.323
, cf. Od. 3.493 : pl., στῆ δ' . . ἐπὶ προθύροις Ὀδυσῆος, οὐδοῦ ἐπ' αὐλείου
1.103
; πρόθυρα δωμάτων
A. Ch. 966
(lyr.), cf. E. Tr. 194 (lyr.); of the entrance to theμέγαρον,
Od. 18.10 , 101 , 386 , 21.299 .
2. porch, portico,
παραστάδας καὶ π. βούλει ποικίλα
Cratin. 42
, cf. Dicaearch. Hist. 59.8 .
3. space before a door,whether or not it is aporchorportico: before the outmost entrance, pl., Od. 4.20 , 10.220 , Hdt. 3.140 , 6.35 ; sg., Pl. Prt. 314c , Smp. 175a : Ἑρμαῖ . . λίθινοι . . ἐν ἰδίοις προθύροις