μέγαρον
μέγαρον
μέγᾰρον, ου, τό,
a large room or chamber, esp. the hall, Od.
the womenʼs apartment, Od.
in pl. a house, palace, like Lat. aedes, because the house consisted of many rooms, Hom.; ἐν μεγάροις at home, Hom.
the oracular chamber in the temple, the sanctuary, shrine, Hdt.; in this sense always, like Lat. aedes, in sg.