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