housetop
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
δῶμα, -τος, τό (< δέμω, to build), [in LXX for גָּג;] chiefly in poets and late (not Attic) prose; 1) a house, hall. 2) In LXX (and Hom, Od., x, 554; cf. MGr, terrace), house-top: ἐπὶ τ. δῶμα, Luk.5:19, Act.10:9; ἐπὶ τ. δώματος, -άτων, Mat.10:27 24:17, Mrk.13:15, Luk.12:3 17:31. (AS)
Morphhology:
Greek, Noun, Neuter
Definition:
δῶμα, ατος, τό, (δέμω)
house, πατρώϊον ἵκετο δ. [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; mainly
poetry, but once in [
Refs 5th c.BC+], but never in
Attic dialect Prose: also,
chief room, hall, θάλαμον καὶ δ. καὶ αὐλήν [
Refs 8th c.BC+]: hence,
plural for
a single house, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
2) of the gods, ἀθάνατοι Ὀλύμπια δώματ᾽ ἔχοντες [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently of Pluto, δῶμ᾽ Ἀΐδαο the nether world, [
Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a temple, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]
3) δῶμα Καδμεῖον, i.e. Thebes, [
Refs]
4)
housetop, [
LXX+NT+2nd c.AD+]
II)
household, family, [
Refs 5th c.BC+]; compare δῶ.
Definition:
properly, an edifice, i.e. (specially) a roof; housetop; from (to build);