ἕδρα

hedraNoun (Feminine)G7045

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Full Lexicon Entry

1.a sitting-place

2.a seat, chair, stool, bench, (Homer): a seat of honour, (Iliad by Homer)

3.a seat, of the gods, a sanctuary, temple, (Pindar); *ἐξ ἕδρας *out of its right place, (Euripides):—; a foundation, base, (Plutarch)

5.ἡ *ἕδρα τοῦ ἵππου *the back of the horse, on which the rider sits, (Xenophon Historicus)

6.*ἕδραι *are the quarters of the sky in which omens appear, (Aeschulus Tragicus)

7.a sitting, (Aeschulus Tragicus): of a position, *γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι *kneeling, (Euripides)

8.a sitting still, inactivity, delay, (Herdotus Historicus); *οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή *'tis not the season for sitting still, (Sophocles Tragicus)

9.the sitting of a council, (Sophocles Tragicus)

10.the seat, breech, fundament, (Herdotus Historicus)

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology G:N-F

DescriptionGreek Noun, Feminine

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