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ἕδρᾱ

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἕδρᾱ ἕδρας

Structure: ἑδρ (Stem) + ᾱ (Ending)

Etym.: e(/dos

Sense

  1. seat, chair, stool, bench, 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

Declension

First declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ὄρνιν δ’ ἰδών τιν’ οὐκ ἐν αἰσίοισ ἕδραισ, ἔγνων πόνον τιν’ ἐσ δόμουσ πεπτωκότα· (Euripides, Heracles, episode, anapests 4:22)
  • Ιἄκχ’ ὦ πολυτίμητ’ ἐν ἕδραισ ἐνθάδε ναίων, Ιἄκχ’ ὦ Ιἄκχε, ἐλθὲ τόνδ’ ἀνὰ λειμῶνα χορεύσων ὁσίουσ ἐσ θιασώτασ, πολύκαρπον μὲν τινάσσων περὶ κρατὶ σῷ βρύοντα στέφανον μύρτων, θρασεῖ δ’ ἐγκατακρούων ποδὶ τὰν ἀκόλαστον φιλοπαίγμονα τιμάν, χαρίτων πλεῖστον ἔχουσαν μέροσ, ἁγνάν, ἱερὰν ὁσίοισ μύσταισ χορείαν. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Parodos, strophe 11)
  • γε καὶ ἀφοδεύουσιν, ἀλλ’ οὐδὲ τέτρηνται ᾗπερ ἡμεῖσ, οὐδὲ τὴν συνουσίαν οἱ παῖδεσ ἐν ταῖσ ἕδραισ παρέχουσιν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ταῖσ ἰγνύαισ ὑπὲρ τὴν γαστροκνημίαν ἐκεῖ γάρ εἰσι τετρημένοι. (Lucian, Verae Historiae, book 1 23:8)
  • ὀνόμασι χρῆσθαι φιλεῖ μεγάλοισ καὶ μακροσυλλάβοισ γαπ́ καὶ ταῖσ ἕδραισ αὐτῶν εἶναι πλουσίωσ πάνυ βεβηκυίαισ, χρόνων τε ἀξιολόγων ἐμπεριλήψει διορίζεσθαι θάτερα ἀπὸ τῶν ἑτέρων. (Dionysius of Halicarnassus, De Demosthene, chapter 38 1:1)
  • καὶ γὰρ κέκρυπται τοὖργον ἐν θεῶν ἕδραισ, Ἥραν ὅπωσ μὴ πύστισ ἵξεται λόγου. (Sophocles, Ichneutae 21:7)

Synonyms

  1. seat

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