ἑδρ-ιάω

ἑδρ-ιάω,

A seat or set:— [voice] Pass., sit, only in [dialect] Ep. forms

ἑδριόωνται Hes.Th. 388

;

ἑδριόωντο Il.10.198

, Od.7.98;

ἑδριάασθαι 3.35

.

II intr. in [voice] Act., sit, Theoc.17.19, A.R.3.170.

Grammatical information: f.

Meaning: `seat, abode (of the gods), tempel' (Il.).

Compounds: Many comp.: καθέδρα `seat, sitting, chair' (Hp.); also ἐφέδρα, Ion. ἐπέδρη `siege' ( ἐφ-έζομαι), ἐνέδρα `ambush, postponement' ( ἐν-έζομαι, ἐν-ιζάνω), s. Risch IF 59, 45f.; but ἐξ-έδρα `seat outside the house' (E., hell.). - Bahuvrihi with adv. 1. member ἔφ-εδρος `who sits byside, reserve' (Pi.); thus πάρ-εδρος `assistance' ( παρ-έζομαι), ἔν-εδρος `inhabitant', σύν-εδρος `id.'; ἔξ-εδρος `far from his habitat' (S.); - πολύ-εδρος `with many seats' (Plu.).

Derivatives: From ἕδρα: ἑδραῖος `with fixed habitat, fest, quiet' (Ion.-Att.) with ἑδραιότης and ἑδραιόω, ἑδραίωμα, - ωσις; ἑδρικός `belonging to the anus' (Medic.), ἑδρίτης `fugitive' (Suid., EM; πρωτοκαθεδρίτης `president' [Herm.]. Denomin. verbs. ἑδρ-ιάομαι `sit down' (Hom.), - ιάω `id.' (Theok.); s. Schwyzer 732, Chantr. Gramm. hom. 1, 359; ἑδράζω `set, fix' (hell. and late) with ἑδρασμός, ἑδραστικός, ἀν-έδραστος; ἕδρασμα = ἕδρα (E.), after στέγασμα (s. Chantr. Form. 177). - But ἐφ-, ἐν-, παρ-, συν-εδρεύω from ἔφ-εδρος. - In Hesychius: ἑδρήεσσα βεβαία (after τελήεσσα; s. Schwyzer 527), ἑδρίας ἀεὶ πνέων (after wind names in - ίας); ἕδρια συνέδρια, ἑδρίς ἑδραῖος.

Origin: GR [a formation built with Greek elements]

Etymology: After words in - ᾰνον arose ἕδρᾰνον = ἕδρα (Hes.); ἑδρανῶς = στερεῶς (Eust.). Place indication in -ρᾱ as in χώρα (Schwyzer 481) to ἕζομαι. No exact parallel. On OWNo. setr n. s. ἕδος.

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