ἕδρα

I sitting-place

sitting-place:

1 seat, chair, stool, bench, seat of honour, throne, throne

seat, chair, stool, bench, Il. 19.77, Od. 3.7; ἀγοραί τε καὶ ἕδραι 8.16, cf. 3.31; seat of honour, περὶ μέν σε τίον . . ἕδρῃ τε κρέασίν τε Il. 8.162, 12.311; ἕδραις γεραίρειν τινά X. Cyr. 8.1.39; τιμίαν ἕ. ἔχειν A. Eu. 855; throne, ἐκβαλεῖν ἕδρας Κρόνον Id. Pr. 203; θακεῖν παγκρατεῖς ἕ. to sit on an almighty throne, ib. 391, cf. Pers. 466.

2 seat, abode, sanctuary, temple, station

seat, abode, freq. in pl., Pi. O. 7.76, P. 11.63, etc.; esp. of the gods, sanctuary, temple, Id. I. 7(6).44, A. Ag. 596, etc.; also νέοικος ἕ. station for ships, Pi. O. 5.8; ναύλοχοι ἕδραι S. Aj. 460: periphr., ἕδραισι Θεράπνας Pi. P. 11.63; Παρνησοῦ ἕδραι A. Eu. 11, cf. E. Tr. 557 (lyr.); βλεφάρων ἕ. the eye, Id. Rh. 8 (anap.); ὄμματος ἕ. ib. 554 (lyr.).

3 seat, place, right place, place, wriggle, base

seat or place of anything, ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place, Id. Ba. 928, cf. Plu. Fab. 3; καταναγκάσαι ἐς ἕδρην Hp. Mochl. 38; ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἕ. Hdt. 7.37; τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕ., σπλάγχνου, etc., Pl. Ti. 67b, 72c, etc.; ἐκ τῆς ἕ. ὠθεῖν ib. 79b; ἔχειν ἕδραν to keep its place, Arist. Mete. 356a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων Epicur. Fr. 61; ἕδραν στρέφειν to wriggle, Thphr. Char. 27.14; στοὰν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἕ. ἐπαναγαγεῖν D.C. 57.21; base, Plu. Demetr. 21: metaph. in Rhet., D.H. Dem. 31, etc.; of

4 the back, on which the rider sits

ἡ ἕ. τοῦ ἵππου the back of the horse, on which the rider sits, X. Eq. 5.5, 12.9, Eq. Mag. 4.1.

5 quarters

in pl., quarters of the sky in which omens appear, A. Ag. 118 (lyr.), E. HF 596.

6 seat

seat of a physiological process, ἕ. ἀναθρέψεως Gal. 18(2).105.

II sitting

sitting, esp. of suppliants, ἕδραν ἔχειν προστρόπαιον A. Eu. 41, cf. S. OT 13, OC 112.

2 sitting still, inactivity, delay, sitting

sitting still, Hp. Aër. 20: hence, inactivity, delay, περιημέκτεε τῇ ἕδρῃ Hdt. 9.41; ἀχθομένων τῇ ἕ. Th. 5.7; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή S. Aj. 811; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀγών E. Or. 1291; οὐχ ἕδρας ἔργον B. Fr. 11; also οἰκίης ἕδρῃ sitting at home, Herod. 4.92.

3 position, place occupied by

position, γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι kneeling, E. Ph. 293 (lyr.); βέλεος ἕδρη place occupied by a weapon which fixes itself in the skull, Hp. VC 7.

4 sitting, session, the sitting, quietude, a sitting

sitting, session of a council, etc., εὐθὺς ἐξ ἕδρας when he rose from the sitting, S. Aj. 780 (but ἐξ ἕδρας ἀνίσταται ib. 788, means from quietude); ἕδραν ποιεῖν to hold a sitting, And. 1.111, cf. IG 1(2).110.41.

III seat, breech, fundament, rump

seat, breech, fundament, Hdt. 2.87, Hp. Aph. 5.22, Ar. Th. 133, etc.; of birds and animals, rump, Arist. HA 633b8, Simon Eq. 9, etc.

IV face

Geom., face of a regular solid, Theol.Ar. 37.