I.a sitting-place:
1.a seat, chair, stool, bench, Hom.: a seat of honour, Il., Xen.
2.a seat, of the gods, a sanctuary, temple, Pind., Trag.
3.the seat or place of anything, Hdt.; ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place, Eur.:— a foundation, base, Plut.
5.ἕδραι are the quarters of the sky in which omens appear, Aesch., Eur.
II.a sitting, Aesch., Soph.: of a position, γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι kneeling, Eur.
2.a sitting still, inactivity, delay, Hdt., Thuc.; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή 'tis not the season for sitting still, Soph.
3.the sitting of a council, id=Soph.
III.the seat, breech, fundament, Hdt.