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καθέδρ-α

kathedra · ἡ

seat, form, chair, seats, sitting part, posteriors, base, sitting posture

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Where it lives

Densest 12 of 13 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

καθέδρ-α · kathedr-a — LSJ

seat, seat, form, chair, seats

seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hareʼs seat or form, X. Cyn. 4.4; chair, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 6.25.1, CPR 22.8 (ii A.D.), Hdn. 2.3.7; opp. κλίνη, Plu. QConv. 2.714e; of rowers’ seats, Plb. 1.21.2; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, LXX Ps. 1.1, 106(107).32.

2 sitting part, posteriors

sitting part, posteriors, Hp. Int. 47, Poll. 2.184, PRyl. 63.10 (iii A.D.).

3 base

base of a column, Str. 17.1.46.

II sitting posture

sitting posture, Arist. Cat. 6b11, PA 689b21, Thphr. Lass. 5, 7, Plu. Aud. 2.45c, etc.

2 sitting idle, inaction

sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ Th. 2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή Plu. Cam. 28.

3 session

session, Luc. JTr. 11.

III chair, professorial chair

chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν Ev.Matt. 23.2; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής SIG 845 (Eleusis, iii A.D.).

IV throne

imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperorʼs representative, BSA 27.234 (Sparta, ii A.D.).

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Where it came from

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