- μέλαθρον
- a ridge
- 1. the ceiling of a room , or (rather) the main beam which bears the ceiling , [8th/7th c.BC]; in [8th/7th c.BC] 19. 544, the end of this beam outside the house.
2. generally, a roof , [8th/7th c.BC]
3. a house, hall , [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; mostly in pl., like Lat. tecta, [var. datesTragica Adespota
deriv. uncertain (ML)