ἑδραῖος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">R.</span>407b</span>, Plu.2.288d:—<span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> [[sitting]], [[sedentary]], of persons or their occupations, ἔργον <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Art.</span>53</span>; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Lac.</span>1.3</span>; <b class="b3">ἑ. ἀρχαί</b>, opp. <b class="b3">στρατεῖαι</b>, <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">R.</span>407b</span>; ἑ. βίος <span class="title">AP</span>11.42 (Crin.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ἑδραία ῥάχις</b> the horse's back [[on which the rider sits]], <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Rh.</span>783</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> [[steady]], [[steadfast]], κάθησ' ἑδραία <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Andr.</span>266</span>; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι Plu.2.288d, cf.952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα <span class="bibl">Ti.Locr.98c</span>; ἑ. βάσεις <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>59d</span>; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν <span class="bibl">Heraclit.<span class="title">All.</span>41</span>; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον <span class="bibl">Plot.6.2.8</span>; <b class="b3">ἑ. ὕπνος</b> [[sound]] sleep, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Epid.</span>6.4.15</span>; of a cup, <span class="bibl">Ath.11.496a</span>: metaph. in Rhet., <b class="b2">firmly based</b>, κατάληξις <span class="bibl">Demetr.<span class="title">Eloc.</span>19</span>, cf. Longin.40.4. Adv. -αίως [[firmly]], <span class="bibl">Ath.Mech.36.10</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdn.3.14.5</span>; [[steadily]], <span class="bibl">Procl.<span class="title">Hyp.</span>3.21</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">permanently appointed</b>, PStrassb.40.11 (vi A. D.).</span>