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1 sella
sella (ancient collat. form sedda, acc. to Scaur. p. 2252 P.), ae, f. dim. [for sedla; root sed-;.sedes], a seat, settle, chair, stool (syn.:II.sedile, scamnum): viden' ut expalluit! datin' isti sellam, ubi assidat cito,
Plaut. Curc. 2, 3, 32; id. Bacch. 3, 3, 28; id. Poen. 1, 2, 56:scabilla, sellas, solia,
Cato, R. R. 10, 4; 157, 11:in sellā sedere,
Cic. Div. 1, 46, 104 (corresp. to sedes):fracta est patris sella,
Petr. 136:altā deducere sellā,
Juv. 3, 136 al. —Esp.A.Of a mechanic's work-stool:B.ipsum sellae atque operis et quaestus cottidiani locum,
Cic. Cat. 4, 8, 17:in foro sellam ponere,
id. Verr. 2, 4, 25, § 56.—Of a teacher's chair, Cic. Fam. 9, 18 fin. —C.Of a portable chair or sedan (different from the lectica, a litter made like a bed):D.aut sellā, aut lecticā transire,
Suet. Claud. 25; so (opp. lectica) Dig. 32, 1, 49; Mart. 10, 10, 7; 11, 98, 12;simply sella,
Suet. Aug. 53; Plin. Ep. 3, 5, 15; Juv. 1, 124 al.;called also sella gestatoria,
Suet. Ner. 26; id. Vit. 16; Vulg. 2 Macc. 3, 27; cf.:gestamen sellae,
Tac. A. 14, 4; 15, 57.—Of a seat in a coach or wagon, Phaedr. 3, 6, 5.—E.Of a close-stool, Scrib. Comp. 193; 227;F.also called sella familiarica,
Varr. R. R. 1, 13, 4. —Of a saddle, Cod. Th. 8, 5, 47; Cod. Just. 12, 51, 12; Veg. 6, 6, 2; Vulg. Esth. 6, 8.—G.Esp., a magistrate's seat or chair (very freq.), Cic. Phil. 2, 34, 85; id. Div. 1, 52, 119; id. Verr. 2, 1, 46, § 119; 2, 1, 47, § 124; 2, 2, 38, § 94; Caes. B. C. 3, 20; Liv. 3, 11; 6, 15; Hor. S. 1, 6, 97 et saep.; also called sella curulis; v. curulis.—Prov.: duabus sellis sedere, to sit on two stools, i. e. to keep in with both parties, Laber. ap. Sen. Contr. 3, 18 fin.; id. ap. Macr. S. 2, 3.
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