ἕδρα

See also: έδρα

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

• ἕδρη (hédrē) — Ionic
• ἕδρᾱμᾰ (hédrāma)

Etymology

From Proto-Hellenic *hédrā, from Proto-Indo-European *sedreh₂, from *sed- (“to sit”) (whence ἕζομαι (hézomai, “I sit”) and many others).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /hé.draː/ → /ˈe.ðra/ → /ˈe.ðra/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /hé.draː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈ(h)e.dra/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðra/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðra/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈe.ðra/

Noun

ἕδρᾱ • (hédrā) f (genitive ἕδρᾱς); first declension

1. seat, chair, stool, bench
   1. seat, abode, throne
   2. seat, place, base
   3. (in the plural) quarters of the sky in which omens appeared
   4. seat of a physiological process
   5. back (of a horse on which a rider sits)
2. the act of sitting
   1. sitting still, inactivity, delay
   2. position
   3. sitting, session
3. seat, breech, fundament
   1. (of animals) rump
4. (geometry) face of a regular solid

Inflection

First declension of ἡ ἕδρᾱ; τῆς ἕδρᾱς (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• ἄφεδρος (áphedros)
• δίεδρος (díedros)
• δύσεδρος (dúsedros)
• δωδεκάεδρος (dōdekáedros)
• εἰκοσάεδρος (eikosáedros)
• ἐνέδρα (enédra)
• ἔνεδρος (énedros)
• ἑξάεδρος (hexáedros)
• ἐξέδρα (exédra)
• ἔξεδρος (éxedros)
• ἑξκαιδεκάεδρος (hexkaidekáedros)
• εὔεδρος (eúedros)
• ἐφέδρα (ephédra)
• ἔφεδρος (éphedros)
• καθέδρα (kathédra)
• ὀκτάεδρος (oktáedros)
• ὁμοίεδρος (homoíedros)
• παλίνεδρος (palínedros)
• πάρεδρος (páredros)
• πλανησίεδρος (planēsíedros)
• πολύεδρος (polúedros)
• προέδρα (proédra)
• πρόεδρος (próedros)
• πρόσεδρος (prósedros)
• συνέδρα (sunédra)
• σύνεδρος (súnedros)
• τετράεδρος (tetráedros)

 

Descendants

• → English: -hedron

Further reading

• “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.