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μέλαθρον μέλαθρον, ου, τό, the ceiling of a room, or (rather) the main beam which bears the ceiling, Od.; in Od. 19. 544, the end of this beam outside the house. generally, a roof, Hom. a house, hall, Pind., Eur.; mostly in pl., like Lat. tecta, Trag. deriv. uncertain

ShortDef

roof beam, roof, house

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Headword:

μέλαθρον

Headword (normalized):

μέλαθρον

Headword (normalized/stripped):

μελαθρον

IDX:

20563

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n20584

Key:

me/laqron

Data

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