I.religious banquets offered to female deities (because, at table, the women sat upon sellae, while the men reclined upon lecti, whence lectisternium), Tac. A. 15, 44; Fest. s. v. solla, pp. 298 and 299 Müll.; Serv. Verg. A. 8, 176; cf.: “Juno et Minerva in sellas ad cenam invitantur,” Val. Max. 2, 1, 2: sellisternium = σελλάστρωσις, Gloss. Cyrill.
sellĭsternĭa , ōrum, n. sella-sterno; cf. lectisternium,