δῶμα, ατος, τό,
(δέμω) house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 21.44, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; mainly poetry, but once in [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus, 2.62 (_plural_), and in late Prose (see. below)] Refs 5th c.BC+], but never in Attic dialect Prose: also, chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.316, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 17.329, +others] Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence, plural for a single house, [[ 2.259, frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 607, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 332, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Orestes” 301, etc. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.13, etc.; κλυτὰ δ. βένθεσι λίμνης, of Poseidon, 13.21 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of Pluto, δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 12.21; ὦ δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδου καὶ Περσεφόνης 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 110; Πλούτωνος δ. 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 808 (Lyric poetry) ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a temple, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.53, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 242, etc.: _plural_, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.62, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 71. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, [[[prev. work] 29. ] Refs]
__4 housetop, [[ LXX.Deu.22.8, NT.Matt.24.17, 2nd c.AD: Babrius Fabularum Scriptor 5.5, “POxy.” 475.22 (2nd c.AD), etc. ] LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]