προεδρ-ία, Ion.
-ιη, ἡ,
A. privilege of the front seatsat public games, in theatres, in the public assemblies, bestowed as an honour on distinguished foreigners, ἀτελείη καὶ π.
Hdt. 1.54
, 9.73 , cf. Ar. Th. 834 , X. Vect. 3.4 (pl.), Decr.Byz. ap. D. 18.91 ;προεδρίην[ῑ]ἐν ἀγῶσιν ἄροιτο
Xenoph. 2.7 ; on ambassadors, Aeschin. 3.76 ; on citizens who had deserved well of their country, and (sometimes) on their descendants, Ar. Eq. 575 , 702 ; freq. in Inscrr., π. ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ
IG 22.1214.19
, cf. SIG 1003.13 (Priene,ii B.C.), etc.; π. τῶν ἀγώνων
Pl. Lg. 881b
;προεδρίαι ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσιib. 946e : hence, generally,authority,
εἰσὶν ἐν π.
Arist. Pol. 1292a9
;precedence, place,
π. ἀπονέμεσθαί τινι