ἑδραῖος
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
α, ον, also ος, ον Pl.R.407b, Plu.2.288d:—
A sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον Hp.Art.53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι X.Lac.1.3; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opp. στρατεῖαι, Pl. R.407b; ἑ. βίος AP11.42 (Crin.). 2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, E.Rh.783. II steady, steadfast, κάθησ' ἑδραία Id.Andr.266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι Plu.2.288d, cf.952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα Ti.Locr.98c; ἑ. βάσεις Pl.Ti.59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν Heraclit.All.41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον Plot.6.2.8; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, Hp.Epid.6.4.15; of a cup, Ath.11.496a: metaph. in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις Demetr.Eloc.19, cf. Longin.40.4. Adv. -αίως firmly, Ath.Mech.36.10, Hdn.3.14.5; steadily, Procl.Hyp.3.21. 2 permanently appointed, PStrassb.40.11 (vi A. D.).
German (Pape)
[Seite 716] auch 2 End., sitzend; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι Xen. Lac. 1, 3; ἑδραῖοι τεχνἷται Poll. 1, 50; vgl. ἑδραῖος βίος, eine sitzende Lebensweise, Crinag. 30 (XI, 42); ἑδραῖοι ἐν πόλει ἀρχαί, Aemter, bei denen man ruhig in der Stadt bleibt, Plat. Rep. III, 407 b; bes. = feststehend, fest, unbeweglich; κάθησ' ἑδρᾳία Eur. Andr. 266; ἑδραιότατον καὶ σταδαῖον σῶμα Tim. Locr. 98 e; βάσεις Plat. Tim. 59 d; Sp.; – ἑδραίως, ἐπ' ὀχυροῦ βήματος ἑστῶτες, fest, Hdn. 3, 14, 10.
