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ὑπωρόφιος

uporophios

under the roof, dwelling under it, under cover, in a house

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ὑπωρόφ-ιος · hypōroph-ios — LSJ

under the roof, dwelling under it, under cover, in a house, sounding in the hall

under the roof, dwelling under it, under cover, in a house, Il. 9.640; τόξα . . νηῷ κεῖται ὑπωρόφια Simon. 143; φόρμιγγες ὑ. the harps sounding in the hall, Pi. P. 1.97; parodied, ὑ. φάλαγγες (spiders) Ar. Ra. 1313 (lyr.); ὑ. δόμοι, = ὑπερῷα, Mosch. 2.6.

2 the woodwork of a tiled roof, the space under the roof, canopy

ὑπωροφία (sc. χώρα), ἡ, the woodwork of a tiled roof, IG 11(2).161A 51 (Delos, iii B. C.); Dor. ὑπωρυφία ib. 42(1).102.42 (Epid., iv B. C.); the space under the roof or canopy, D.S. 18.26; καπνώδεις ὑ. App. BC 4.13.

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