A.sitting by or before a place: hence, siege, blockade, Hdt.1.17; “ἐπέδρην ποιήσασθαι” Id.5.65; observation of a besieged place, Ath.Mech.18.14 (pl.).
2. sitting upon, Pl.Plt. 288a.
II. stable, Phleg.Mir.3.
2. base, Hero Spir.1.30.
3. surface of a threshold, Rev.Phil.44.249 (Didyma, ii B.C.).