exedra

From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).

exedra (plural exedras or exedrae)

1. (architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
2. (by extension) A curved bench with a high back.

From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.dra/, [ˈɛks̠ɛd̪rä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈek.se.dra/, [ˈɛksed̪rä]

exedra f (genitive exedrae); first declension

1. hall (with seats) for a discussion, etc.; a lecture hall

First-declension noun.

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• “exedra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exedra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• exedra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• “exedra”, in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia‎
• “exedra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “exedra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin