exedra

exĕdra, ae, f., = ἐξέδρα, a hall furnished with seats, a hall for conversing or disputing in.

• I Prop.: exedrae spatiosae, habentes sedes, in quibus philosophi, rhetores, reliquique ... sedentes disputare possint, Vitr. 5, 11, 2; 7, 9; Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15; id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 89; Dig. 9, 3, 5; Vulg. Jer. 35, 2 al. (v. Becker's Gallus, London ed. p. 262).—
• II Transf., an aviary, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8.

exedra, ae, f. (ἐξέδρα), in Gymnasien = eine halbrunde Erweiterung der Säulengänge nach außen hin, mit Sitzen, wo Philosophen usw. sich niederließen und mit ihren Zuhörern sich unterhielten, ein halbrunder Anbau, die Rotunde, Vitr. 5, 11, 2. Vgl. Placid. gloss. V, 20, 7. – in röm. Privathäusern = ein ähnlich gebautes Gesellschafts- od. Konversationszimmer, die Sprechhalle, der Sprechsaal, Vitr. 6, 7, 3. Cic. de or. 3, 17; de nat. deor. 1, 15; de fin. 5, 4. Quint. 11, 2, 20: mit Garnen umzogen als Vogelhaus, Varro r.r. 3, 5, 8. – in den christl. Kirchen = der Chor, gradus exedrae, Augustin. de civ. dei 22, 8, 23. p. 581, 1 D².

1 exedra v. excetra

2 exedra (exh-) [CL] , exedra, recess or bay with seat. b ante-room. c choir. ~a, sella; ‥ ~a, locus subselliorum; ‥ ~a, exterior sedes ubi sedit plebs; edra dicitur interior sedis [sic] ubi papa sedit cum communionem dat ad populum GlC E 366, 420, 562–3; ~ae, scabelli ad cibos vel subselli Gl. Leid. 35. 61; a treleswyndowe, cancellus, festra, fenestra cancellata, ~a CathA.  b hinc post modicum in secretiorem transfertur ~am ipsis vestimentorum insigniis ‥ induendus Ad. Eyns. Hug. V 20 p. 228.  c in exhedra monachorum in templo (trito satis nomine chorum vocant) subsellia ‥ posuit Ferr. Kinloss 75.

exĕdra (16) (exhĕdra), æ, f. , (ἐξέδρα), salle de réunion [avec sièges, cf. Vitr. Arch. 5, 11, 2 ] : Cic. de Or. 3, 17 ; Nat. 1, 15 || chœur dans lʼéglise : Aug. Civ. 22, 8, 23 || volière : Varro R. 3, 5, 8.

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exedra ae, f

• , ἐξέδρα, a hall furnished with seats, parlor.

EXEDRA

E´XEDRAor EXHEDRA (ἐξέδρα) is properly a recessed seat built out from a portico and opening into it (Marquardt, Privatl. 242 n.); usually of a semicircular shape, hence called absis in a glossary ap. Mai Auctar. Class. 3.459; and probably identical with the hemicyclium of Cic. de Am. 1, § 2 [HEMICYCLIUM]. Hence it came to mean, among the Greeks, a hall or colonnade furnished with recessed seats, where people met to enjoy conversation; such as the rooms which opened on to the peristyle of the andronitis [DOMUSp. 662 a ] (Vitruvius says gynaeconitis, but this is a mistake, ib. 660 b) ; or in the gymnasia and schools of philosophers. Vitruvius reckons exedrae with peristylia as open buildings, where colours would fade in the strong sunlight (7.9.2), but they must have included also covered halls, cool and shady (Lucian, Anachars. 16, p. 895 R; Becker-Göll, Charikles, 2.233). Late writers (e. g. Pollux, 7.123) sometimes identify the ἐξέδρα with the παστάς, a room on the side of the peristyle facing the entrance [DOMUSp. 662 b ]; but this applies only to Roman times and manners (Hermann-Blümner, Privatalterth. p. 150 n.). The use of the word in Eurip. Orest. 1449 is peculiar; the slaves are driven, some to the house, some to the stables, others to the ἐξέδραι, i. e. apparently to out-houses: the gloss ἀπόπατοι, however supported by similar words (ἀφεδρών, θᾶκος), would be a comic touch quite out of keeping.

In early Greece the λέσχη was simply a lounge or place of gossip, not a building at all; in later times the word denoted a larger and more public place of resort than the ἐξέδρα [LESCHE].

Among the Romans the word had a wider meaning, answering to both the Greek terms, ἐξέδρα and λέσχη. Thus it is not only used to signify a chamber for ordinary resort and conversation in a private house, or in the public baths and gymnasia open to the sun and air (Vitr. 5.11, 7.9-Z2; Cic. Orat. 3.5.17, de Nat. Deor. 1.6.15; Varro, R. R. 3.5.8 ; Ulpian, Dig. 9, 3, 5.2), but the word is even applied to the hall attached to the theatre of Pompey, which was used as a place of meeting by the senate (Plut. Brut. 14, 17). The diminutive exedrium also occurs (Cic. ad Fam. 7.2. 3).

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Exĕdra

(ἐξέδρα). An alcove, or semi-circular extension of the colonnade in a Greek gymnasium. It was furnished with seats on which the philosophers usually sat to talk with their disciples (Cic. N. D. i. 6). In private houses the exedra was a room intended for conversation, fitted with a bench running around the wall. See gymnasium.

exedra

A semi-circular or rectangular extension of a colonnade or wall, often furnished with seats, may also refer to a stone or marble seat, or a statue base of this shape.

Description: In private houses it was a room intended for conversation, fitted with a bench running around the wall.