ἑδώλιον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[seat]], mostly pl., [[abodes]], [[πωλικά]], [[νυμφικά]], <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Th.</span>455</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ch.</span>71</span> (lyr.); ἀρχαιόπλουτα <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">El.</span>1393</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Fr.</span> 566</span>: Com. phrase, κριβάνων ἑ. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>155</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[ἑδώλια]], [[τά]], in a ship, a [[raised quarter-deck]] at the stern, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.24</span>, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>1277</span>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span> 238</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Hel.</span>1571</span>, Lyc.296; expld. as [[rowers' benches]] by Hsch., Suid., <span class="bibl">Eust.153.35</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> sg., [[step of the mast]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mech.</span>851a40</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> in a theatre, [[semicircle of benches]], <span class="bibl">Poll.4.132</span> (on the breathing, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">EM</span>317.9</span>; [[ἐδ]]- in codd. of A.<span class="title">Th.</span> [[l.c.]], E. ll.cc.).</span>