hédra

hédra ἕδρᾱ Sitz

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hé.draː/ → /ˈe.ðra/ → /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