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|Definition=α, ον, also ος, ον Pl.''R.''407b, Plu.2.288d:—<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sitting]], [[sedentary]], of persons or their [[occupation]]s, ἔργον Hp.''Art.''53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι X.''Lac.''1.3; <b class="b3">ἑ. ἀρχαί</b>, opp. στρατεῖαι, Pl. ''R.''407b; ἑδραῖος βίος ''AP''11.42 (Crin.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> ἑδραία [[ῥάχις]] = the [[horse]]'s [[back]] on which the [[rider]] [[sit]]s, E.''Rh.''783.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[steady]], [[steadfast]], κάθησ' ἑδραία Id.''Andr.''266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι Plu.2.288d, cf.952d; κύβος ἑδραιότατον σῶμα Ti.Locr.98c; ἑ. βάσεις Pl.''Ti.''59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν Heraclit.''All.''41; ὂν τὸ πάντων ἑδραιότατον Plot.6.2.8; ἑδραῖος [[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. [[ἑδραίως]] = [[firmly]], Ath.Mech.36.10, Hdn.3.14.5; [[steadily]], Procl.''Hyp.''3.21.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[permanently appointed]], PStrassb.40.11 (vi A. D.).