- μέλαθρον
- μέλαθρονGrammatical information: n.Meaning: `vault of the roof, roof-beams, roof', also (often in plur.) `living, house' (Il., also inscr. [Delos IIIa], LXX, pap.).Other forms: Also μελάθρα f. (Delos IVa).Compounds: As 2. member e.g. in ὑψι-μέλαθρος `with high-roof-beams' (h. Merc.).Derivatives: μελαθρόομαι `provide with roof-beams' (LXX).Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]Etymology: Etymologically unclear. Acc. to the ancients "ἀπὸ τοῦ μελαίνεσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ καπνοῦ" (EM 576, 16). If at all an inherited word (cf. Schwyzer 533, Chantraine Form. 374), perh. only in ablaut different from βλωθρός `high(roofed)' (from *μλ-; s. v.); but this would require *mlh₃-. Not to κμέλεθρον `beam' (s.v.) because of the ε's. Thus Güntert Reimwortbildungen 144f. and Pisani KZ 71, 125f. New attempt by Deroy Rev. belge de phil. 26, 533ff. (to be rejected). No doubt a Pre-Greek word.Page in Frisk: 2,198
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.