seat, chair
θρόνος,ὁ,
A. seat, chair, Od. 1.145 , Ath. 5.192e , PMasp. 6 ii 63
(vi A.D.), etc.
2. throne, chair of state, θ. βασιλήϊος
Hdt. 1.14
, cf. X. HG 1.5.3 , etc.; Ζηνὸς ἐπὶ θρόνον
Theoc. 7.93
: metaph., Pl. R. 553c : pl., ἐν θρόνοις ἥμενοι
A. Ch. 975
; ἐκ τυραννίδος θρόνων τ' ἄϊστον ἐκβαλεῖν
Id. Pr. 910
; Διὸς θρόνοι
S. Ant. 1041
, cf. Ar. Av. 1732 ;king's estateordignity, σκῆπτρα καὶ θρόνους
S. OC 425
, cf. 448 ; [ γῆς] κράτη τε καὶ θρόνους νέμω
Id. OT 237
, cf. Ant. 166 , etc.; in the Prytaneum, τῷ [ἀπόλλωνι] θ. ἐξελεῖν
IG 12.78
.
3. oracular seatof Apollo, E. IT 1254 , 1282 (both lyr.);μαντικοὶ θ. A. Eu. 616 , etc.
4. chair of a teacher, Pl. Prt. 315c , Philostr. VS 2.2 , Lib. Ep. 819 , AP 9.174 ( Pall. ).
5. judge's bench, Plu. 2.807b , Him. Ecl. 10.9 , 13.16 .
6. Astrol.,=ὕψωμα,PMich.in Class.Phil. 22.22 (pl.).
b. favourable combination of planetary positions, Ptol. Tetr. 51 .
II. a kind ofbread, Neanth. 1
J.
III. name of a lozenge, Paul.Aeg. 3.42 , 7.12 .
