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   A hall or arcade furnished with recesses and seats, in the gymnasia, E.Or.1449 (anap.), Men.Kon.10, IPE12.182 (Olbia), IG 12(3).1091 (Melos), BGU931.26 (i A. D.), etc.; in the schools of Philosophers, Phld.Acad.Ind.p.100M., Str.17.1.8, Cic.Fin.5.2.4, Vitr.5.11.2; in a private house, Gal.14.18.    2 bench, seat, in front of a house, D.L.4.19; any public bench, Str.13.4.5, D.Chr.28.2; belvedere, Nic.Dam.Fr.1J.    3 parlour or saloon, LXXEz.40.44, Cic. Orat.3.5.17, ND1.6.15, Vitr.6.7.3, 7.3.4, POxy.912.13 (iii A.D.); the hall in Pompey's theatre at Rome, where the Senate met, Plu. Brut.14, 17.