καθέδρα

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare's seat or form, X.Cyn.4.4; chair, Herod.Med. ap. Orib.6.25.1, CPR22.8 (ii A.D.), Hdn.2.3.7; opp. κλίνη, Plu.2.714e; of rowers' seats, Plb.1.21.2; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, LXX Ps.1.1, 106(107).32.    2 sitting part, posteriors, Hp.Int.47, Poll.2.184, PRyl.63.10 (iii A.D.).    3 base of a column, Str.17.1.46.    II sitting posture, Arist.Cat.6b11, PA689b21, Thphr.Lass.5,7, Plu.2.45c, etc.    2 sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ Th.2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή Plu.Cam.28.    3 session, Luc. JTr.11.    III chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν Ev.Matt.23.2; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής SIG845 (Eleusis, iii A.D.).    IV imperial throne, τὸν ἐπὶ τῇ κ. τοῦ Αὐτοκράτορος, the Emperor's representative, BSA27.234 (Sparta, ii A.D.).

German (Pape)

[Seite 1282] ἡ, der Sitz, Sessel; Hdn. 2, 3, 17; Ggstz κλίνη Plut. Symp. 7, 10, 1; αἱ ἐπὶ τῶν πλοίων καθέδραι, die Ruderbänke, Pol. 1, 21, 2; Lager, τοῦ λαγώ Xen. Cyn. 4, 4; bei Hippocr. das Gesäß. Bei Strab. XVII, 1 p. 816 das Fußgestell, worauf Etwas ruht. – Das Sitzen, Luc. Fugit. 7; das Verweilen, Stillsitzen, Thuc. 2, 18; Suid. erkl. ἐπίσχεσις καὶ σχολή, vgl. Plut. Camill. 28.