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exĕdra , ae, f., = ἐξέδρα,
I.a hall furnished with seats, a hall for conversing or disputing in.
I. Prop.: “exedrae spatiosae, habentes sedes, in quibus philosophi, rhetores, reliquique ... sedentes disputare possint,” Vitr. 5, 11, 2; 7, 9; Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15; id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 89; Dig. 9, 3, 5; Vulg. Jer. 35, 2 al. (v. Becker's Gallus, London ed. p. 262).—
II. Transf., an aviary, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 35.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 5.11.2
    • Vitruvius, On Architecture, 7.9
    • Cicero, On Oratory, 3.5
    • Cicero, de Finibus Bonorum et Malorum, 5.2
    • Cicero, de Natura Deorum, 1.6
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 10, 1.89
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