ἕδρα
See also: έδρα
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
Etymology
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From ἕδος (hédos, “seat”), from ἕζομαι (hézomai, “I sit”)
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /hé.draː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈ(h)e.dra/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ðra/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈe.ðra/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈe.ðra/
Noun
ἕδρᾱ • (hédrā) f (genitive ἕδρᾱς); first declension
- seat, chair, stool, bench
- the act of sitting
- seat, breech, fundament
- (of animals) rump
- (geometry) face of a regular solid
Inflection
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | ἡ ἕδρᾱ hē hédrā |
τὼ ἕδρᾱ tṑ hédrā |
αἱ ἕδραι hai hédrai | ||||||||||
Genitive | τῆς ἕδρᾱς tês hédrās |
τοῖν ἕδραιν toîn hédrain |
τῶν ἑδρῶν tôn hedrôn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῇ ἕδρᾳ têi hédrāi |
τοῖν ἕδραιν toîn hédrain |
ταῖς ἕδραις taîs hédrais | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὴν ἕδρᾱν tḕn hédrān |
τὼ ἕδρᾱ tṑ hédrā |
τᾱ̀ς ἕδρᾱς tā̀s hédrās | ||||||||||
Vocative | ἕδρᾱ hédrā |
ἕδρᾱ hédrā |
ἕδραι hédrai | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- ἡ ἕδρᾱ τοῦ ἵππου (hē hédrā toû híppou, “the back of a horse on which a rider sits”)
- σῠ́νεδρος (súnedros)
References
- “ἕδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ἕδρα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ἕδρα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- ἕδρα in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2024)
- “ἕδρα”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- ἕδρα in Trapp, Erich, et al. (1994–2007) Lexikon zur byzantinischen Gräzität besonders des 9.-12. Jahrhunderts [the Lexicon of Byzantine Hellenism, Particularly the 9th–12th Centuries], Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abiding-place idem, page 2.
- abode idem, page 2.
- attitude idem, page 51.
- bench idem, page 73.
- chair idem, page 122.
- delay idem, page 207.
- dwelling idem, page 257.
- habitation idem, page 380.
- home idem, page 403.
- inaction idem, page 427.
- perch idem, page 607.
- posture idem, page 629.
- seat idem, page 746.
- sitting idem, page 779.
- suppliant idem, page 840.
- temple idem, page 860.
- throne idem, page 870.