οὐκ ἔστι σιγᾶν αἰσχρόν, ἀλλ' εἰκῆ λαλεῖν → keeping silence is not shameful; speaking at random is (Menander)
chair of state: P. and V. θρόνος, ὁ.
seat: Ar. and V. ἕδρα, ἡ (rare P.), θᾶκος, ὁ (Plato also but rare P.), V. θάκημα, τό.
take the chair, be chairman: Ar. and P. ἐπιστατεῖν.
