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μέγαρον
μέγᾰρον, τό, gen. pl.
A). μεγαρέων Sophr. 6 :
I). large room, hall; esp.
1). the chief room in the Homeric palace, μ. πλεῖον δαιτυμόνων Od. 17.604 , al.
2). women's apartment, 18.198 : pl., 17.569 , 19.30 .
3). bedchamber, 11.374 .
II). in pl., house, palace, freq. in Hom., ἐνὶ (ἐν) μεγάροισι Il. 1.396 , 418 , al.: opp. ἐπ’ ἀγροῦ, Od. 22.47 : later in sg., Pi. O. 6.2 , P. 4.134 .
III). sanctuary, shrine, freq. in Hdt. (who uses the word in this sense only), 1.47 , 65 , 2.143 , 6.134 .
2). tomb, Epigr. Gr. 453.2 (Batanaea).
IV). μέγαρα,, pits sacred to Demeter and Persephone, into which young pigs were let down in the Thesmophoria, Paus. 9.8.1 , Porph. Antr. 6 , Sch. Luc. DMeretr. 1 :— also written μάγαρον, Men. 1031 . (For sense IV cf. Hebr. mĕ`ārāh 'cave'.)


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a large room

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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">μέγᾰρον</span>, <span class="gen greek">τό</span>, gen. pl. <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="quote greek">μεγαρέων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0524.tlg001:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Sophr.</span> 6 </a> : </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">large room, hall</span>; esp. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>1).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">the chief room</span> in the Homeric palace, <span class="quote greek">μ. πλεῖον δαιτυμόνων</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:604" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.604/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 17.604 </a> , al. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">women\'s apartment</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:18:198" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:18.198/canonical-url/"> 18.198 </a>: pl., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:17:569" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.569/canonical-url/"> 17.569 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:19:30" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:19.30/canonical-url/"> 19.30 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>3).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">bedchamber</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:11:374" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:11.374/canonical-url/"> 11.374 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in pl., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">house, palace</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span></span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐνὶ (ἐν) μεγάροισι</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:396" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.396/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> 1.396 </a> ,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:418" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:418/canonical-url/"> 418 </a>, al.: opp. <span class="foreign greek">ἐπ’ ἀγροῦ</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:22:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:22.47/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 22.47 </a>: later in sg., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.2/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 6.2 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg002.perseus-grc1:4.134/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">P.</span> 4.134 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>III).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">sanctuary, shrine</span>, freq. in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> </span> (who uses the word in this sense only), <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:47" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.47/canonical-url/"> 1.47 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:65" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:65/canonical-url/"> 65 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:143" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.143/canonical-url/"> 2.143 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6:134" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:6.134/canonical-url/"> 6.134 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">tomb, Epigr. Gr.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:453:2" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:453.2/canonical-url/"> 453.2 </a> (Batanaea). </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>IV).</strong></span> <span class="foreign greek">μέγαρα,</span>, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">pits</span> sacred to Demeter and Persephone, into which young pigs were let down in the Thesmophoria, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:8:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0525.tlg001.perseus-grc1:9:8:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Paus.</span> 9.8.1 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:6" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2034.tlg004:6/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Porph.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Antr.</span> 6 </a>, Sch.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 1 </a>:— also written <span class="orth greek">μάγαρον</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:1031" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0541.tlg001:1031/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Men.</span> 1031 </a>. (For sense IV cf. Hebr. <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">mĕ`ārāh</span> \'cave\'.)</div> </div><br><br>'}