1. a sitting-place : 2. a seat, chair, stool, bench , (Homer): a seat of honour , (Iliad by Homer) 3. a seat , of the gods, a sanctuary, temple , (Pindar); ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place , (Euripides):—; a foundation, base , (Plutarch) 5. ἡ ἕδρα τοῦ ἵππου the back of the horse, on which the rider sits , (Xenophon Historicus) 6. ἕδραι are the quarters of the sky in which omens appear, (Aeschulus Tragicus) 7. a sitting , (Aeschulus Tragicus): of a position, γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι kneeling, (Euripides) 8. a sitting still, inactivity, delay , (Herdotus Historicus); οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή 'tis not the season for sitting still , (Sophocles Tragicus) 9. the sitting of a council, (Sophocles Tragicus) 10. the seat, breech, fundament , (Herdotus Historicus) (ML)