ἑδραῖος, α, ον,
also ος, ον [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d] Refs 5th c.BC+]:— sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ ἄρθρων ἐμβολῆς” 53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 1.3 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opposed to στρατεῖαι, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407b; ἑ. βίος “Anthologia Graeca” 11.42 (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Crinagoras Epigrammaticus). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 ἑδραία ῥάχις the horse's back on which the rider sits, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 783. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II steady, steadfast, κάθησ᾽ ἑδραία [[ [prev. author] “Andr.” 266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.288d, compare952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα 5th-4th c.BC: Timaeus Locrus Philosophus 98c; ἑ. βάσεις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν 1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus “Allegoriae Quaestiones Homericae” 41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον 3rd c.AD: Plotinus Philosophus 6.2.8 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 6.4.15 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a cup, [[ 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 11.496a ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]: metaphorically in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις [[ 4th c.BC: Demetrius Phalereus Rhetor “Demetrius on Style” 19, compare 3rd c.AD: Longinus Rhetor 40.4] Refs 4th c.BC+]. adverb -αίως firmly, [[ 2nd c.BC: Athenaeus Mechanicus 36.10, 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 3.14.5 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; steadily, [[ 5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “Hypotyposis astronomicarum positionum” 3.21. ] Refs 5th c.AD+]