Ep. and Ion. ὑπερώϊον, τό, the upper part of the house, where the women resided, παρθένος αἰδοίη ὑπερώϊον εἰσαναβᾶσα Il. 2.514; εἰς ὑπερῷ’ 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 AD), POxy. 2146.7 (iii AD).
attic, garret, Ar. Eq. 1001, Pl. 811, Men. Sam. 17, IG2². 1638.27; ἄνωθ’ ἐξ ὑ. Ar. Ec. 698 (anap.); of a spare room, Antipho 1.14.

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 ὑπερῷ' 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.

ὑπερῷον, -ου, τό
(neut. of ὑπερῷος, above, < ὑπέρ) [in LXX for עֲלִיָּה and cogn. forms ;]
__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 (see DB, iii, 674a): Act.1:13 9:37, 39 20:8 (cf. 4Ki.23:22).†
(AS)