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ἕδος

edos · τό

sitting-place

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Where it lives

  • Seven Against Thebes 2 · 3.97/10k
  • Persians 2 · 3.93/10k
  • Theogony 2 · 2.9/10k
  • Prometheus Bound 1 · 1.7/10k
  • De Mundo 1 · 1.58/10k
  • Symposium 2 · 1.15/10k
  • Electra 1 · 1.15/10k
  • Iphigenia in Aulis 1 · 1.12/10k
  • Ion 1 · 1.09/10k
  • Iliad 12 · 1.08/10k
  • Oedipus Tyrannus 1 · 1.08/10k
  • Orestes 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 14 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

1. ἕδος · hedos

sitting-place

sitting-place:

1 seat, stool, straight-backed chair

seat, stool, Il. 1.534 (pl.), 581 (pl.), 9.194, etc.; ἕ. Θεσσαλικόν straight-backed chair, Hp. Art. 7.

2 seat, abode, dwelling-place, the abode

seat, abode, dwelling-place, esp. of the gods, ἐς Ὄλυμπον . . ἵνʼ ἀθανάτων ἕ. ἐστί Il. 5.360; ἵκοντο θεῶν ἕ. αἰπὺν Ὄλυμπον ib. 367, cf. Theoc. 7.116; periphr., ἕ. Οὐλύμποιο, = Ὄλυμπος, Il. 24.144, cf. Pi. O. 2.12; of the abodes of men, Θήβης ἕ. Il. 4.406; Ἰθάκης ἕ. Od. 13.344; ἕ. Μάκαρος the abode of Macar, Il. 24.544: periphr., Τροίας ἕ. B. 8.46; ἔποικον ἕ., = ἐποικίαι, A. Pr. 412.

3 seated statue, temple

seated statue of a god, S. OT 886 (lyr.), El. 1374, IG 2.754, al., Isoc. 15.2, X. HG 1.4.12, Porph. Abst. 2.18, Polem.Hist. 90, Plu. Per. 13, Paus. 8.46.2; τὰ ἕ. τῶν θεῶν, i.e. the Lat. Penates, D.H. 1.47; also of a man worshipped as a hero, IG 14.2133; τὰ τῶν θεῶν ἕδη καὶ τοὺς νεώς Isoc. 4.155; τοὺς νεὼς καὶ τὰ ἕδη καὶ τὰ τεμένη Lycurg. 143; θεῶν ἕδη (v.l. ἄλση) καὶ ἱερά Pl. Phd. 111b, cf. Tim. Lex. ἕδος· τὸ ἄγαλμα, καὶ ὁ τόπος ἐν ᾧἵδρυται, but this latter use is doubtful in early Prose; later,

4 foundation, base

foundation, base, Hes. Th. 117, Epigr. ap. Vitr. 8.3.23.

II act of sitting, time to sit idle

act of sitting, οὐχ ἕδος ἐστί ʼtis no time to sit idle, Il. 11.648, 23.205; cf. ἕδρα II. (Cf. Skt. sádas ‘seat’.)

2. ἦ δʼ ὅς · ē dʼ hos

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Where it came from

  • Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) Treated in Beekes, Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Brill 2010) s.v. ἕδος (scan p. 421; entry #1882).
  • Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque Treated in Chantraine, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue grecque s.v. ἕδος (scan p. 326; entry #2254).
  • Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch Treated in Frisk, Griechisches etymologisches Worterbuch s.v. ἕδος (scan p. 475; entry #1734). Root candidates: *sedos-.

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