ἕδρα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=Ep. and Ion. [[ἕδρη]], ἡ: ([[ἕδος]]): <span class="sense"><span class="bld">I</span> [[sitting]]-[[place]]: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> [[seat]], [[chair]], [[stool]], [[bench]], <span class="bibl">Il.19.77</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.3.7</span>; ἀγοραί τε καὶ ἕδραι <span class="bibl">8.16</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">3.31</span>; [[seat of honour]], περὶ μέν σε τίον . . ἕδρῃ τε κρέασίν τε <span class="bibl">Il.8.162</span>, <span class="bibl">12.311</span>; ἕδραις [[γεραίρειν]] τινά <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>8.1.39</span>; τιμίαν ἕδραν ἔχειν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>855</span>; [[throne]], [[ἐκβαλεῖν]] ἕδρας Κρόνον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Pr.</span>203</span>; [[θακέω|θακεῖν]] [[παγκρατής|παγκρατεῖς]] ἕδρας = to [[sit]] on an [[almighty]] [[throne]], ib.<span class="bibl">391</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Pers.</span>466</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[seat]], [[abode]], freq. in plural, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>7.76</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">P.</span>11.63</span>, etc.; especially of the gods, [[sanctuary]], [[temple]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">I.</span>7(6).44</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>596</span>, etc.; also <b class="b3">νέοικος ἕδρα</b> [[station]] for [[ship]]s, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>5.8</span>; ναύλοχοι ἕδραι <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>460</span>: periphr., ἕδραισι Θεράπνας <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.63</span>; Παρνησοῦ ἕδραι <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>11</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Tr.</span>557</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">βλεφάρων ἕδρα</b> the [[eye]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Rh.</span> 8</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">ὄμματος ἕδρα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">554</span> (lyr.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[seat]] or [[place]] of anything, <b class="b3">ἐξ ἕδρας</b> out of its [[right]] [[place]], <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>928</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>3</span>; καταναγκάσαι ἐς ἕδρην Hp.<span class="title">Mochl.</span>38; ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἕδραν <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.37</span>; <b class="b3">τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕδραν, σπλάγχνου</b>, etc., <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Ti.</span>67b</span>, <span class="bibl">72c</span>, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐκ τῆς ἕδρας ὠθεῖν</b> ib.<span class="bibl">79b</span>; <b class="b3">ἔχειν ἕδραν</b> to keep its [[place]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mete.</span>356a4</span>; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων <span class="bibl">Epicur.<span class="title">Fr.</span>61</span>; <b class="b3">ἕδραν στρέφειν</b> to [[wriggle]], <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Char.</span>27.14</span>; στοὰν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἕ. ἐπαναγαγεῖν <span class="bibl">D.C.57.21</span>; [[base]], <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Demetr.</span>21</span>: metaph. in Rhet., <span class="bibl">D.H.<span class="title">Dem.</span>31</span>, etc.; of a plant, <span class="title">Gp.</span>5.9.9. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b3">ἡ ἕδρα τοῦ ἵππου</b> the [[back]] of the [[horse]], on which the [[rider]] [[sit]]s, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span>5.5</span>, <span class="bibl">12.9</span>, <span class="title">Eq. Mag.</span>4.1. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">5</span> in plural, [[quarters]] of the sky in which omens appear, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>118</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">HF</span>596</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">6</span> [[seat]] of a physiological process, ἕδρα ἀναθρέψεως Gal.18(2).105. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> [[sitting]], especially of [[suppliant]]s, ἕδραν ἔχειν προστρόπαιον <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Eu.</span>41</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>13</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">OC</span>112</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> [[sitting still]], Hp.Aër.20: hence, [[inactivity]], [[delay]], περιημέκτεε τῇ ἕδρῃ <span class="bibl">Hdt.9.41</span>; ἀχθομένων τῇ ἕ. <span class="bibl">Th.5.7</span>; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>811</span>; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀγών <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Or.</span>1291</span>; οὐχ ἕδρας ἔργον B.<span class="title">Fr.</span>11; also <b class="b3">οἰκίης ἕδρῃ</b> [[sitting]] at home, <span class="bibl">Herod.4.92</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">3</span> [[position]], <b class="b3">γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι</b> [[kneel]]ing, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ph.</span>293</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">βέλεος ἕδρη</b> [[place]] occupied by a [[weapon]] which [[fix]]es itself in the [[skull]], <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">VC</span>7</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">4</span> [[sitting]], [[session]] of a [[council]], etc., <b class="b3">εὐθὺς ἐξ ἕδρας</b> when he rose from the [[sitting]], <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Aj.</span>780</span> (but <b class="b3">ἐξ ἕδρας ἀνίσταται</b> ib.<span class="bibl">788</span>, means from [[quietude]]); <b class="b3">ἕδραν ποιεῖν</b> to [[hold a sitting]], <span class="bibl">And.1.111</span>, cf.<span class="title">IG</span>12.110.41. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> [[seat]], [[breech]], [[fundament]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.87</span>, <span class="bibl">Hp. <span class="title">Aph.</span>5.22</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Th.</span>133</span>, etc.; of birds and animals, [[rump]], <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span> 633b8</span>, Simon <span class="title">Eq.</span>9, etc. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> Geom., [[face]] of a regular solid, <span class="title">Theol.Ar.</span>37.</span>