ἕδρα ἕδος a sitting-place: a seat, chair, stool, bench, Hom.: a seat of honour, Il., Xen. a seat, of the gods, a sanctuary, temple, Pind., Trag. the seat or place of anything, Hdt.; ἐξ ἕδρας out of its right place, Eur.:— a foundation, base, Plut. ἡ ἕδρα τοῦ ἵππου the back of the horse, on which the rider sits, Xen. ἕδραι are the quarters of the sky in which omens appear, Aesch., Eur. a sitting, Aesch., Soph.: of a position, γονυπετεῖς ἕδραι kneeling, Eur. a sitting still, inactivity, delay, Hdt., Thuc.; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀκμή ʼtis not the season for sitting still, Soph. the sitting of a council, Soph. the seat, breech, fundament, Hdt.