κλεισίον

κλεισ-ίον, τό,

• outhouse, shed, τῆς οἰκίας τὸ κ. Antiph. 21, cf. Lys. 12.18, D. 18.129 (here perh. = brothel), IG 11(2).158 A 56, 287 A 146 (Delos, iii B.C.), BCH 35.243 (ibid., ii B.C.), Ephes. 2.75 (i B.C.): pl., sheds for cattle, D.Chr. 40.9.
• • • 2 shrine, chapel, Paus. 4.1.7, BCH 33.72 (Cappadocia). [First syll. long in Antiph. l.c.; written κλεισίον IG l.c., BCH 35 l.c., Hdn.Gr. 1.356, 2.415, Ael.Dion. l.c.; later κλισ- Ephes. l.c., BCH 33 l.c., freq. in codd.; prob. fr. κλίνω as ‘lean-to’, ‘penthouse’, rather than fr. κλείω as stated by Poll. 9.50.]