ἕδος

English (LSJ)

εος, τό, Ep. dat. pl.

   A ἑδέεσσιν IG14.1389 ii 19:—sitting-place:    1 seat, stool, Il.1.534 (pl.), 581 (pl.), 9.194, etc.; ἕ. Θεσσαλικόν straight-backed chair, Hp.Art.7.    2 seat, abode, dwelling-place, esp. of the gods, ἐς Ὄλυμπον . . ἵν' 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 of a god, S.OT886 (lyr.), El.1374, IG 2.754, al., Isoc.15.2, X.HG1.4.12, 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, IG14.2133; 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, temple, Ph.2.314; ἕ. ὑπαίθριον D.C.51.1.    4 foundation, base, Hes.Th.117, Epigr. ap. Vitr.8.3.23.    II act of sitting, οὐχ ἕδος ἐστί 'tis no time to sit idle, Il.11.648, 23.205; cf. ἕδρα 11. (Cf. Skt. sádas 'seat'.)