δόμος, ὁ,
(δέμω, cf. Latin domus):
__1 house, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.513, 7th-6th c.BC: Sappho Lyrica 1.7, etc.] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, part of a house, room, chamber, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.57, 22.204 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]: frequently in plural for a house, [[ 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Opera et Dies” 96, etc.; frequently in Trag., 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 433, etc.: chiefly poetry, οἶκος or οἰκία being used in Prose. ] Refs 8th c.BC+]
__2 house of a god, temple, Διὸς δόμος [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.375; δ. Ἀρτέμιδος 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1273 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἐρεχθῆος πυκινὸν δόμον the building of Erechtheus, i.e. the temple of Athena, [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.81 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ἄϊδος δ., of the nether world, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.322, etc.; δ. δίκας 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 516 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 8th c.BC+]; μυστοδόκος δ., of the temple at Eleusis, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 303 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]: so in plural, εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 22.52; δόμων τῶν Λοξίου 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 35, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 249 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; chamber in a temple, χρύσεος δ. ἐν Διὸς οἴκῳ [[ 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 17.17. ] Refs 3rd c.BC+]
__3 abode of animals, e.g. sheepfold, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12.301 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; κοῖλος δ. wasps' or bees' nest, [[[prev. work] 169 ] Refs]; serpent's hole, [[ 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “De Natura Animalium - Ar.Byzantine Epit.” 2.9. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]