πρωτοκλισία

English (LSJ)

ἡ,

   A first seat at table, Ev.Matt.23.6, etc.; cf. πρωτοκαθεδρία.

German (Pape)

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Greek (Liddell-Scott)

πρωτοκλῐσία: ἡ, ἡ πρώτη τιμητικὴ θέσις ἐν δείπνῳ, Εὐαγγ. κ. Ματθ. κγ', 6, κτλ.· πρβλ. Β' Μακκ. Δ', 21 καὶ ἴδε πρωτοκαθεδρία.

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
la place d’honneur dans un repas.
Étymologie: πρῶτος, κλίνη.

English (Strong)

from πρῶτος and κλισία; a reclining first (in the place of honor) at the dinner-bed, i.e. preeminence at meals: chief (highest, uppermost) room.

English (Thayer)

πρωτοκλισίας, ἡ (πρῶτος and κλισία), the first reclining-place, the chief place, at table (cf. Rich, Dict. of Rom. and Greek Antiq. under the phrase, lectus tricliniaris; the relative rank of the several places at table varied among Persians, Greeks, and Romans; and what arrangement was currently followed by the Jews in Christ's day can hardly, perhaps, be determined; (yet see Edersheim. Jesus the Messiah, ii., pp. 207f 494)): Luke 14:7,8; 20:46>. (Ecclesiastical writings).

Greek Monolingual

ἡ, ΜΑ
η πρώτη τιμητική θέση σε δείπνο.
[ΕΤΥΜΟΛ. < αμάρτυρο αρχ. πρωτόκλιτος].