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μέγαρον

megaron

hall, room, the inner space of a temple

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1. μέγαρον · megaron — Beekes

μέγαρον 2 [n.] ‘hall, room, the inner space of a temple’, plur. ‘house, palace’ (epic Ion., Il.); on the mg. e.g. Wace JHS 71 (1951): 203f. < PG> ΔΑΒ Gen.pl. -€wv (Sophr.). *ETYM Undoubtedly a technical loan from the substrate, perhaps adapted to μέγα; cf. the TN Méyapa. — [Beekes, s.v. μέγαρον, p. 968]

2. μέγαρον · megaron — Chantraine

8 μέγαρον : n. «grande salle », parfois « appartement des femmes, palais » (Hom., Pi.), surtout employé au pl. Chez Hdt. le mot est attesté pour un sanctuaire, notamment pour l’oracle de Delphes et pour des temples égyptiens. Voir Wace, JHS 71, 1951, 203-2 ; Condoléon, Mélanges Merlier 1,293-316 ; F. Robert, Thymélé 210 sqq. ; — 674 — en dernier lieu Drerup dans Archaeologia Homerica 3, ch. O, 129. On ne sait pas … — [Chantraine, s.v. μέγαρον, p. 691]

3. μέγαρον · megaron — Frisk

2. μέγαρον n. “Halle, Saal, Gemach, der innere Raum eines Tempels’, pl. (Gen. -ἔων Sophr.; vgl. Egli Heteroklisie 17) “Haus, Palast’ (ep. ion. seit Il.; zur Bed. z.B. Wace Journ of HellStud. 71, 203£.). — Ohne Zweifel technisches LW, vielleicht an μέγα angepaßt; vgl. den ON Μέγαρα. Unwahrscheinliche idg. Etymologie von Brugmann IF 13, 147 (m. älterer Lit.); 5. Βα und WP. 1, 590. Neuer Versuch von Deroy Rev. belge de … — [Frisk, s.v. μέγαρον, p. 1161]

4. μέγᾰρον · megaron — LSJ

I large room, hall

large room, hall; esp.

1 the chief room

the chief room in the Homeric palace, μ. πλεῖον δαιτυμόνων Od. 17.604, al.

2 womenʼs apartment

womenʼs apartment, 18.198: pl., 17.569, 19.30.

3 bedchamber

bedchamber, 11.374.

II house, palace

in pl., house, palace, freq. in Hom., ἐνὶ (ἐν) μεγάροισι Il. 1.396, 418, al.: opp. ἐπʼ ἀγροῦ, Od. 22.47: later in sg., Pi. O. 6.2, P. 4.134.

III sanctuary, shrine

sanctuary, shrine, freq. in Hdt. (whouses the word in thissense only), 1.47, 65, 2.143, 6.134.

2 tomb

tomb, Epigr. Gr. 453.2 (Batanaea).

IV pits

μέγαρα, τά, 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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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. μέγαρον (scan p. 968; entry #3970).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. μέγαρον (scan p. 691; entry #5133).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. μέγαρον (scan p. 1161; entry #3776).

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