ἔφεδρος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ἔφεδρον, ([[ἕδρα]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[sitting]] or [[seated upon]], c. gen., <b class="b3">λεόντων ἔφεδρε</b>, of Cybele, S.''Ph.''401 (lyr.); ἵππου E.''Ion''202 (lyr.); γῆς ἔ. στρατός Id.''Rh.''954.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[ἔφεδρον]], τό, [[firm seat]], [[bench]], Hp.''Fract.''8.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[ἔφεδρον]], τό, = [[ἵππουρις]], prob.in Dsc.4.46, Plin.''HN''26.133.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[sitting by]], [[at]], or [[near]], <b class="b3">τῶν πηδαλίων</b>, of a helmsman, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Politicus|Plt.]]'' 273e: also c.dat., σκηναῖς E.''Tr.''139 (anap.):abs., <b class="b3">ξύνεστιν ἔφεδρος</b> lies [[close at hand]], [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]''610 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[posted in support]] or [[reserve]], <b class="b3">ἐφέδρους ἱππότας.. ἱππόταις ἔταξε</b> posted horsemen to [[support]] horsemen, E.''Ph.''1095, cf. Plb.8.31.6, Onos.21.6, al.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lying by and watching]], [[waiting on]], <b class="b3">τῶν καιρῶν, τοῖς καιροῖς</b>, Plb.3.12.6, ''Fr.''160, cf. Call.''Del.'' 125; <b class="b3">ἔ. βίου</b> [[waiting upon]] his life, i.e. [[for]] his death, Men.663; <b class="b3">χαλεπώτατοι ἔ.</b>, of debtors in a city, Aen.Tact.14.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> the third competitor in contests, [[who sits by to fight the conqueror]], Pi.''N.''4.96, E.''Rh.''119, Ar. ''Ra.''792, cf. Luc.''Herm.''41 sq.; πρὸς βασιλέα τὸν μέγιστον ἔφεδρον ἀγωνιζόμεθα X.''An.''2.5.10; καθάπερ ἔ. ἀθλητῇ Plu.''Sull.''29; Κράσσος, ὃς ἔ. ἦν ἀμφοῖν Id.''Caes.''28; ἔ. τοῦ ἀγῶνος Id.''Pomp.''53; <b class="b3">μόνος ὢν ἔφεδρος δισσοῖς</b>, i.e. one [[against]] two, with no one to take his place if beaten, A.''Ch.''866 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">5</span> generally, [[one who waits to take another's place]], a [[successor]], ἔ. βασιλεύς [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.41; ἔ. τινός Luc.''Gall.''9.