ἕδρη

ἕδρη

-ης, ἡ

[ας ἕδος.]

• • 1
  • • a

      A seat: ἄλλοθι δήομεν ἕδρην Od. 16.44. Cf. Od. 3.429, Od. 8.16.

    • b

      One’s seat: αὐτόθεν ἐξ ἕδρης Il. 19.77. Cf. Il. 2.99, 211: Od. 13.56, Od. 16.42.

  • 2

    A seat of honour: τίον σε ἕδρῃ Il. 8.162. Cf. Il. 12.311.

  • 3

    A company sitting together: ἐννέα ἕδραι ἔσαν Od. 3.7, 31.

ἕδρη (root ἑδ): seat, stool (see cut 33; also 75), Il. 19.77; pl. ἕδραι, rows of seats, e. g. stone benches in the ἀγορά, Od. 8.16; and elsewhere, e. g. Od. 3.7; τίειν ἕδρῃ, honor ‘with a seat,’ i. e. show to a place of honor.