ὑπερῷον
ὑπερῷον, the upper part of the house, the upper story
ὑπερῷον, Ep. and Ion. ὑπερ-ώϊον, τό,
- the upper part of the house, where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514; εἰς ὑπερῷʼ ἀναβάς 16.184, cf. Od. 1.362; ὑπερωϊόθεν φρεσὶ σύνθετο θέσπιν ἀοιδὴν . . Πηνελόπεια from her chamber she heard it, ib. 328; approached by a κλῖμαξ, ib. 330: so in later Gr., upper chamber or story, Act. Ap. 1.13, Supp.Epigr. 2.754 (Syria, ii A. D.), POxy. 2146.7 (iii A. D.).
- 2 attic, garret, Ar. Eq. 1001, Pl. 811, Men. Sam. 17, IG 2(2).1638.27; ἄνωθʼ ἐξ ὑ. Ar. Ec. 698 (anap.); of a spare room, Antipho 1.14.
ὑπερῷον, τό, ep. u. ion. ὑπερώϊον, neutr. zu ὑπερῷος, sc. οἴκημα, der obere Teil des Hauses, Oberstock, Söller, Zimmer im obern Stock, wo die Frauen wohnten ; παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514 ; ἐς ὑπερῷʼ ἀναβὰς παρελέξατο λάθρη Ἑρμείας 16.184 ; oft in der Od.; ἐξ ὑπερῴου ἄειδον Κηληδόνες Pind. frg. 25 ; Ar. Eq. 996, Plut. 811 ; Antiph. 1.14.
Strong 5253
1. in cl., the upper story or upper rooms where the women resided (Hom., a1.).
2. In LXX and NT, an upper chamber, roof-chamber, built on the flat roof of the house (v. DB, iii, 674a): Ac 1:13 9:37, 39 20:8 (cf. IV Ki 23:22).†
ὑπερῷον, Epic -ώιον, ου, τό,
- the upper part of the house, the upper story or upper rooms, where the women resided, Hom.:—in Attic, an Attic, garret, Ar. (v. ὑπερῷος).