ἕδρ-α,
Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἕδρη, ἡ: (ἕδος):
__I sitting-place:
__I.1 seat, chair, stool, bench, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.77, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.7; ἀγοραί τε καὶ ἕδραι 8.16, compare 3.31 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; seat of honour, περὶ μέν σε τίον.. ἕδρῃ τε κρέασίν τε [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 8.162, 12.311; ἕδραις γεραίρειν τινά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.1.39; τιμίαν ἕ. ἔχειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 855 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; throne, ἐκβαλεῖν ἕδρας Κρόνον [[ [prev. author] “Pr.” 203 ] Refs]; θακεῖν παγκρατεῖς ἕ. to sit on an almighty throne,[[ [prev. work] 391, compare “Pers.” 466. ] Refs]
__I.2 seat, abode, frequently in plural, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 7.76, “P.” 11.63, etc.] Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially of the gods, sanctuary, temple, [[ [prev. author] “I.” 7(6).44, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 596, etc.] Refs 4th c.BC+]; also νέοικος ἕ. station for ships, [[ 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 5.8; ναύλοχοι ἕδραι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 460: periphrastic, ἕδραισι Θεράπνας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 11.63; Παρνησοῦ ἕδραι 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 11, compare 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 557 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; βλεφάρων ἕ. the eye, [[ [prev. author] “Rh.” 8 (_anapaest meter_); ὄμματος ἕ. [prev. work] 554 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]
__I.3 seat or place of anything, ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place, [[ [prev. author] “Ba.” 928, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Fabius Maximus” 3; καταναγκάσαι ἐς ἕδρην 5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “Mochl.” 38; ὁ ἥλιος ἐκλιπὼν τὴν ἕ. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.37 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν τοῦ ἥπατος ἕ., σπλάγχνου, etc., [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 67b, 72c, etc.; ἐκ τῆς ἕ. ὠθεῖν [prev. work] 79b ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἔχειν ἕδραν to keep its place, [[ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Meteorologica” 356a4; μεταθέσεις ἐξ ἕδρας ἀτόμων 4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 61 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἕδραν στρέφειν to wriggle, [[ 4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Characteres” 27.14; στοὰν εἰς τὴν ἀρχαίαν ἕ. ἐπαναγαγεῖν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 57.21 ] Refs 4th c.BC+]; base, [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 21: _metaphorically_ in Rhet., 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Demosthene” 31, etc. ] Refs 1st c.BC+]; of a plant, [[ “Geoponica” 5.9.9. ] Refs]