ἕδρα

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Ep. and Ion. ἕδρη, ἡ: (ἕδος):    I sitting-place:    1 seat, chair, stool, bench, Il.19.77, Od.3.7; ἀγοραί τε καὶ ἕδραι 8.16, cf. 3.31; seat of honour, περὶ μέν σε τίον . . ἕδρῃ τε κρέασίν τε Il.8.162, 12.311; ἕδραις γεραίρειν τινά X.Cyr.8.1.39; τιμίαν ἕ. ἔχειν A.Eu.855; throne, ἐκβαλεῖν ἕδρας Κρόνον Id.Pr.203; θακεῖν παγκρατεῖς ἕ. to sit on an almighty throne, ib.391, cf. Pers.466.    2 seat, abode, freq. in pl., Pi.O.7.76, P.11.63, etc.; esp. of the gods, sanctuary, temple, Id.I.7(6).44, A.Ag.596, etc.; also νέοικος ἕ. station for ships, Pi.O.5.8; ναύλοχοι ἕδραι S.Aj.460: periphr., ἕδραισι Θεράπνας Pi.P.11.63; Παρνησοῦ ἕδραι A.Eu.11, cf. E.Tr.557 (lyr.); βλεφάρων ἕ. the eye, Id.Rh. 8 (anap.); ὄμματος ἕ. ib.554 (lyr.).    3 seat or place of anything, ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place, Id.Ba.928, cf. Plu.Fab.3; καταναγκάσαι ἐς ἕδρην Hp.Mochl.38; ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἕ. Hdt.7.37; τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕ., σπλάγχνου, etc., Pl.Ti.67b, 72c, etc.; ἐκ τῆς ἕ. ὠθεῖν ib.79b; ἔχειν ἕδραν to keep its place, Arist.Mete.356a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων Epicur.Fr.61; ἕδραν στρέφειν to wriggle, Thphr.Char.27.14; στοὰν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἕ. ἐπαναγαγεῖν D.C.57.21; base, Plu.Demetr.21: metaph. in Rhet., D.H.Dem.31, etc.; of a plant, Gp.5.9.9.    4 ἡ ἕ. τοῦ ἵππου the back of the horse, on which the rider sits, X.Eq.5.5, 12.9, Eq. Mag.4.1.    5 in pl., quarters of the sky in which omens appear, A.Ag.118 (lyr.), E.HF596.    6 seat of a physiological process, ἕ. ἀναθρέψεως Gal.18(2).105.    II sitting, esp. of suppliants, ἕδραν ἔχειν προστρόπαιον A.Eu.41, cf. S.OT13, OC112.    2 sitting still, Hp.Aër.20: hence, inactivity, delay, περιημέκτεε τῇ ἕδρῃ Hdt.9.41; ἀχθομένων τῇ ἕ. Th.5.7; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή S.Aj.811; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀγών E.Or.1291; οὐχ ἕδρας ἔργον B.Fr.11; also οἰκίης ἕδρῃ sitting at home, Herod.4.92.    3 position, γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι kneeling, E.Ph.293 (lyr.); βέλεος ἕδρη place occupied by a weapon which fixes itself in the skull, Hp.VC7.    4 sitting, session of a council, etc., εὐθὺς ἐξ ἕδρας when he rose from the sitting, S.Aj.780 (but ἐξ ἕδρας ἀνίσταται ib.788, means from quietude); ἕδραν ποιεῖν to hold a sitting, And.1.111, cf.IG12.110.41.    III seat, breech, fundament, Hdt.2.87, Hp. Aph.5.22, Ar.Th.133, etc.; of birds and animals, rump, Arist.HA 633b8, Simon Eq.9, etc.    IV Geom., face of a regular solid, Theol.Ar.37.