urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:17.339 (line)

θύρα

door, Il. 24.317, etc.: freq. in pl. of double or folding doors, θ. δικλίδες Od. 17.267; θ. φαειναί 6.19, al.; θυρῶν ζεῦγος καινῶν IG 1(2).313.123, cf. 4.1488.25 (Epid.); ἡ δεξιὰ θ. the right valve, ib. 2(2).1457.16; θ. μονόθυρος ib. 1627.418; θύραι λίθιναι (including the framework) ib. 1(2).372.195; θύραι αὔλειαι, v. αὔλειος; ἡ θ. ἡ εἰς τὸν κῆπον φέρονσα D. 47.53, cf. κηπαῖος II; rarely for πύλαι, gates, Plu. Cat.Mi. 65; of the carceres in the Roman circus, barriers, Tab.Defix.Aud. 187.59. —Phrases: προσθεῖναι τὰς θ., προστιθέναι τὴν θ., Hdt. 3.78, Lys. 1.13; ἐπισπάσαι X. HG 6.4.36; κλείειν Aristopho 7, Pl. Prt. 314d; ἐφέλκεσθαι Luc. Am. 16; τὴν θ. βαλανοῦν, μοχλοῦν, bar the door, Ar. Fr. 251, 369; θύραν κόπτειν, πατάσσειν, κρούειν, knock, rap at the door, Id. Nu. 132, Ra. 38, Pl. Prt. 310b; ἀράττειν, ἐπαράξαι, Ar. Ec. 977, Pl. Prt. 314d; τὴν θ. ἀνοιγνύναι open it, v. ἀνοίγνυμι; ὦσαι push it open, Lys. 1.24; μικρὸν ἐνδοῦναι open it a little, Plu. Gen.Socr. 2.597d; δόμου ἐν πρώτῃσι θύρῃσι στῆναι Od. 1.255; ἷζε δʼ ἐπὶ . . οὐδοῦ ἔντοσθε θυράων 17.339; θυρῶν ἔνδον S. El. 78; πρὸ θυρῶν ib. 109 (anap.); ἐπί or παρὰ Πριάμοιο θύρῃσι at Priamʼs door, i.e. before his dwelling, Il. 2.788, 7.346: metaph., ἐπὶ ταῖς θύραις τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι X. An. 6.5.23, cf. D. 10.34; τῆς πατρίδος Plu. Sull. 29, Arat. 37; ἐπὶ θύραις τῆς Πίσης Philostr. VA 8.15; πυρετοῦ περὶ θύρας ὄντος being at the door, Plu. Sanit. 2.128f (but χειμῶνος ἐπὶ θύραις ὄντος Phlp. in Mete. 130.25).

ἵζω

II sit, sit down, Il. 2.96, 792, etc.; ἷζε ἐν μέσσοισι he sat in the midst, 20.15; ἵζειν ἐς θρόνον Od. 8.469, Hdt. 5.25; ἐς θᾶκον S. Ant. 1000; ἐπὶ θρόνου Il. 18.422, cf. Od. 17.339; ἐπὶ [λίθοισιν] 3.409; ἐπʼ ἄκριας ἠνεμοέσσας 16.365; ἐπὶ κώπην, of rowers, Ar. Ra. 199; ἐπὶ κώπᾳ πηδαλίῳ τε E. Alc. 441 (lyr.); ἐπὶ τοὺς νεώς Epicr. 3.12; νέφεσσι . . Ὀλύμποιο . . ἵζων Ζεύς Pi. Pae. 6.93: c. acc. loci, ἵζειν θρόνον A. Ag. 982 (lyr.); βωμόν E. Ion 1314: c. acc. cogn., ἵ. κλωπικὰς ἕδρας Id. Rh. 512.

μέλινος

ashen, μείλινον ἔγχος Il. 5.655; δόρυ μείλινον ib. 666, al.; ἷζε δʼ ἐπὶ μελίνου οὐδοῦ Od. 17.339.

οὐδός

threshold, esp. threshold of a house, in Hom. χάλκεος οὐδός (as in Hes. Th. 811), Od. 7.83, 89; also λάϊνος Il. 9.404, Od. 8.80, Parm. 1.12; μέλινος Od. 17.339; δρύϊνος 21.43; μέγας Hes. Th. 749.

ἔντοσθε

ἔντοσθε [ἐντός + -θεν 2.] 1 Within, inside: μένουσιν Il. 22.237. Cf. Il. 10.262, Il. 12.296, 455: Od. 12.241, Od. 13.100. 2 With genit., within, inside, in: ἐ.πόλιος Il. 6.364, τείχεος ἐ. Il. 12.416. Cf. Il. 4.454: Od. 1.126, 128, 380 = Od. 2.145, Od. 2.424 = Od. 15.289, Od. 9.235, 298, Od. 10.92, Od. 14.13, 194, Od. 17.339, Od. 18.238, Od. 21.417, Od. 22.171, 204.

ἵζω

ἵζω [σι-σδ-, redup. fr. σ(ε)δ-, the rough breathing representing the first σ. Cf. ἕζομαι, ἱδρύω.] 3 sing. pa. iterative ἵζεσκε Il. 24.472: Od. 3.409. Imp. mid. ἵζευ Il. 3.162, Il. 7.115. (ἐσ-, ἐφ-, καθ-, μετα-, παρ-, προκαθ-.) 1 To cause to seat oneself, bid be seated: μή μʼ ἐς θρόνον ἵζε Il. 24.553. To cause (an assembly) to sit for business: βουλήν Il. 2.53. 2 To seat oneself, sit down: ἀντίον ἷζεν Ὀδυσσῆος Il. 9.218. Cf. Il. 2.96, Il. 9.13, 87, Il. 13.281, Il. 18.422, Il. 20.15, Il. 21.520, Il. 23.28: ἐπʼ οὐδοῦ ἶζεν Od. 4.718, Od. 17.339, ἵζʼ ἐπὶ δεῖπνον (sit down to . . .) Od. 24.394. Cf. Od. 5.198, 338, Od. 8.469, Od. 14.79, Od. 16.53, Od. 17.96, Od. 19.389. In mid.: πάροιθʼ ἵζευ ἐμεῖο Il. 3.162. Cf. Il. 3.326, Il. 7.115, Il. 18.522, Il. 19.50: Od. 22.335. 3 To have one's seat, be seated, sit: ὅς οἱ πλησίον ἷζεν Od. 7.171. Cf. Il. 24.472: Od. 3.409, Od. 11.449, Od. 21.146. Of a scout, to be posted: σκοποὶ ἷζον ἐπʼ ἄκριας Od. 16.365. Cf. Il. 2.792.

μέλινος

μέλινος also μείλινος [μελίη.] Of ash. 1 Epithet of spears, with shaft of ash Il. 5.655, 666, Il. 13.715, etc. 2 μέλινος οὐδός, app., a threshold of wood set upon the λάϊνος οὐδός at the entrance to the μέγαρον Od. 17.339 (see λάϊνος).

οὐδός

οὐδός -οῦ, ὁ. 1 A threshold, a block or row of blocks standing more or less above the surrounding level and forming the lower part of a doorway or gateway, in the case of the μέγαρον raised considerably and of considerable width, and so affording room for sitting or standing (see αὔλειος, λάϊνος, μέλινος 2, χάλκεος) : ἔστη ἐτʼ οὐδὸν ἰών Il. 6.375. Cf. Il. 9.404, 582 : τὸν κατʼ οὐδοῦ βάντα προσηύδα Πηνελόπεια Od. 4.680 (no doubt the threshold of the μέγαρον. App. he has followed the suitors into the μ., and as he is coming out again P. sees him from her quarters, addresses him, and comes down (cf. 760) to speak to him), ἐπʼ οὐδοῦ ἶζε θαλάμοιο 718 (app., a block of wood or stone at the foot of the stairs leading to the θ. (P. is below; cf. 760)), ἐς μυχὸν ἐξ οὐδοῦ Od. 7.87, ὑπʼ αὐλῆς οὐδόν 130 (= οὐδὸν αὔλειον). Cf. Od. 7.135, Od. 10.62; Od. 17.575 (sc. θαλάμοιο; see 506), Od. 18.17, Od. 21.43, Od. 22.2, etc. A verge or edge ascribed to the gulf of Tartarus Il. 8.15. 2 Fig. : γήραος οὐ., app. not so much the threshold as the stage of old age, old age itself (the threshold being thought of as within the room as in Od. 17.339) Il. 22.60, Il. 24.487 : Od. 15.246, 348, Od. 23.212.