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