παστάς

A. porch in front of the house, Hdt. 2.148 (pl.), 169.

2. colonnade, such as ran round temples, X. Mem. 3.8.9(pl.), prob. for παραστάσι in Id. Hier. 11.2 ; τὰς δὲ παστάδας κοινὰς εἶμεν πάντεσσι, at Delphi, IG 22.1126.22, cf. 42(1).109 ii 122 (Epid.) ; = Lat. porticus, D.H. 4.44 (pl.), Plu. Galb. 25.

3. part of the house next the porch, hall, A.R. 1.789, AP 6.172.

II. inner room, bridal chamber, ἀκτέριστον ἀμφὶ π., of the cave in which Antigone was immured, S. Ant. 1207 ; κεδρωτὰ παστάδων τέραμνα E. Or. 1371 (lyr.), cf. Theoc. 24.46, AP 9.245 (Antiphan.), Menemach. ap. Orib. 10.14.3 ; παστάδος ὥρη, of marriageable age, Epigr.Gr. 521 (Thessalonica), cf.Chor.in Rev.Phil. 1.241 ; ἄμοιρος ἔτι παστάδος, of a bachelor, Id. Proc. 1, cf. 4.