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δόμος

δόμος, a house; a course of stone

δόμος, ὁ, (δέμω, cf. Lat. domus):
      • 1 house, Il. 2.513, Sapph. 1.7, etc.; also, part of a house, room, chamber, Od. 8.57, 22.204: freq. in pl. for a house, Hes. Op. 96, etc.; freq. in Trag., A. Supp. 433, etc.: chiefly poet., οἶκος or οἰκία being used in Prose.
      • 2 house of a god, temple, Διὸς δόμος Il. 8.375; δ. Ἀρτέμιδος Ar. Ra. 1273; Ἐρεχθῆος πυκινὸν δόμον the building of Erechtheus, i.e. the temple of Athena, Od. 7.81; Ἄϊδος δ., of the nether world, Il. 3.322, etc.; δ. δίκας A. Eu. 516 (lyr.); μυστοδόκος δ., of the temple at Eleusis, Ar. Nu. 303: so in pl., εἰν Ἀΐδαο δόμοισι Il. 22.52; δόμων τῶν Λοξίου A. Eu. 35, cf. E. Ion 249; chamber in a temple, χρύσεος δ. ἐν Διὸς οἴκῳ Theoc. 17.17.
      • 3 abode of animals, e.g. sheepfold, Il. 12.301; κοῖλος δ. wasps’ or bees’ nest, ib. 169; serpentʼs hole, Ael. NA 2.9.
      • 4 ξύλινος δ. pyre, B. 3.49.
      • 5 κέδρινοι δόμοι closet or chest of cedar, E. Alc. 160.
    • II in Trag., household, family, A. Ch. 263, S. OC 370, E. Or. 70, Med. 114 (anap.); oneʼs fatherʼs house, ἔξω δόμων τε καὶ πάτρας ὠθεῖν ἐμέ A. Pr. 665, etc.
    • III course of stone or bricks in a building, ὑποδείμας τὸν πρῶτον δ. λίθου Αἰθιοπικοῦ Hdt. 2.127; διὰ τριήκοντα δόμων πλίνθου at every thirtieth layer of bricks, Id. 1.179, cf. LXX 1 Es. 6.24, D.S. 1.64; καθʼ ἕνα δόμον Plb. 10.22.7.
      • 2 ply or strand of gut in the τόνοι of a torsion-engine, Ph. Bel. 65.42, Hero Bel. 82.1.

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