ἐφέδρα

English (LSJ)

Ion, ἐπέδρη, ἡ,

   A sitting by or before a place: hence, siege, blockade, Hdt.1.17; ἐπέδρην ποιήσασθαι Id.5.65; observation of a besieged place, Ath.Mech.18.14 (pl.).    2 sitting upon, Pl.Plt. 288a.    II stable, Phleg.Mir.3.    2 base, Hero Spir.1.30.    3 surface of a threshold, Rev.Phil.44.249 (Didyma, ii B.C.).    III a plant, = ἵππουρις, Hsch., Plin.HN26.36, Ps.-Dsc.4.46.