ἐφέδρα

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ὀφθαλμοὶ γὰρ τῶν ὤτων ἀκριβέστεροι μάρτυρες → the eyes are more accurate witnesses than the ears, the eyes are more exact witnesses than the ears

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Transliteration A: ephédra Transliteration B: ephedra Transliteration C: efedra Beta Code: e)fe/dra

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.

German (Pape)

[Seite 1113] ἡ, das Dabeisitzen, die Belagerung, Her. 1, 17. 5, 65, in ion. Form ἐπέδρη. – Das Daraufsitzen, Plat. Polit. 288 a. – Eine Pflanze, = ἵππουρις, Hesych.; vgl. Plin. H. N. 26, 7, 10.