The corpus record

ἕδρᾰνον

edranon · τό

seat, abode, dwelling

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Where it lives

Suppliant Maidens 2 · 4.15/10k
Trojan Women 2 · 2.83/10k
Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 2 · 1.93/10k
Ajax 1 · 1.27/10k
Helen 1 · 1.02/10k

What it meant — LSJ

seat, abode, dwelling, rest, idleness

seat, abode, dwelling, Πελασγῶν Hes. Fr. 212, cf. Orph. H. 18.7; ἕ. κόσμου ib. 26.4: mostly in pl., A. Pers. 4, Supp. 103, S. OC 176, 233, Pae.Delph. 5, Maiist. 36; ἀλλʼ ἄνα ἐξ ἑδράνων rise from thy rest or idleness, S. Aj. 192; Trag. only in lyr. exc. Id. Fr. 1128.7 γῆ ἑδράνων ἔρημος, which is Stoic.

2 chair

chair, Hsch.

II stay, support

stay, support, said of an anchor, in sg., AP 6.28 (Jul.).

In the wild

ἑδράνων · hedranōn Aeschylus, Persians 1–7
ἕδρανα · hedrana Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 852
ἑδράνων · hedranōn Aeschylus, Suppliant Maidens 101–103
ἑδράνων · hedranōn Euripides, Helen 1 (DIORISIS sentence 903)
ἕδρανα · hedrana Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 283)
ἕδρανον · hedranon Euripides, Trojan Women 1 (DIORISIS sentence 557)

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Where it came from

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