καθέδρ-α, ἡ,
seat, κ. τοῦ λαγῶ a hare's seat or form, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Cynegeticus” 4.4 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; chair, [[ 1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 6.25.1, “CPR” 22.8 (2nd c.AD), 2nd c.AD: Herodianus Grammaticus 2.3.7 ] Refs 1st c.AD+]; opposed to κλίνη, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.714e] Refs 1st c.AD+]; of rowers' seats, [[ 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.21.2 ] Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κ. λοιμῶν, πρεσβυτέρων, [[ LXX.Psa.1.1, 106(107).32. ] LXX]
__2 sitting part, posteriors, [[ 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ τῶν ἐντὸς παθῶν” 47, 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 2.184, “PRyl.” 63.10 (3rd c.AD). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 base of a column, [[ 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 17.1.46. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]
__II sitting posture, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Categoriae” 6b11, “PA” 689b21, 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “de Lassitudine” 5, 7, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.45c, etc. ] Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II.2 sitting idle, inaction, ἐν τῇ καθέδρᾳ [[ 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.18; κ. καὶ σχολή 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Camillus” 28. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 session, [[ 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “JTr.” 11. ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__III chair of a teacher, ἐπὶ τῆς Μωυσέως κ. ἐκάθισαν [[ NT.Matt.23.2 ] NT]; professorial chair, ἐπὶ τῆς κ. σοφιστής [[ “SIG” 845 (Eleusis, 3rd c.AD). ] Refs 3rd c.AD+]