ἑδραῖος

English (LSJ)

α, ον, also ος, ον Pl.R.407b, Plu.2.288d:—

   A sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον Hp.Art.53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι X.Lac.1.3; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opp. στρατεῖαι, Pl. R.407b; ἑ. βίος AP11.42 (Crin.).    2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, E.Rh.783.    II steady, steadfast, κάθησ' ἑδραία Id.Andr.266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι Plu.2.288d, cf.952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα Ti.Locr.98c; ἑ. βάσεις Pl.Ti.59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν Heraclit.All.41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον Plot.6.2.8; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, Hp.Epid.6.4.15; of a cup, Ath.11.496a: metaph. in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις Demetr.Eloc.19, cf. Longin.40.4. Adv. -αίως firmly, Ath.Mech.36.10, Hdn.3.14.5; steadily, Procl.Hyp.3.21.    2 permanently appointed, PStrassb.40.11 (vi A. D.).