ἑδραῖος

hedraios

sitting, sedentary

Appears 10 times across Aristotle's works.

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Generation of Animals 3
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Book I 1
Chapter 13 719b29–720b1

720a29
Book IV 2
Chapter 6 774b5–775b24

775a32
775a36
Parts of Animals 3
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Book IV 3
Chapter 5 678a27–682a34

681a7

Chapter 6 682a35–683b3

682b13
682b16
De Mundo 1
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Chapter 2 391b9–392b13

391b13
Eudemian Ethics 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 4 1215a20–1215b14

1215a30
History of Animals 1
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Book VII 1
Chapter 9 586b27–587a8

587a3
Oeconomica 1
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Book I 1
Chapter 3 1343b7–1344a7

1344a4

Dictionary (LSJ)

ἑδραῖος, α, ον, also ος, ον Pl. R. 407b, Plu. 2.288d:—A. sitting, sedentary, of persons or their occupations, ἔργον Hp. Art. 53; οἱ πολλοὶ τῶν τὰς τέχνας ἐχόντων ἑδραῖοί εἰσι X. Lac. 1.3; ἑ. ἀρχαί, opp. στρατεῖαι, Pl. R. 407b; ἑ. βίος AP 11.42 (Crin.). 2. ἑδραία ῥάχις the horseʼs back on which the rider sits, E. Rh. 783. II. steady, steadfast, κάθησʼ ἑδραία Id. Andr. 266; δεῖ τὴν γυναῖκα ὥσπερ κύβον ἑδραῖον εἶναι Plu. 2.288d, cf.952d; κύβος -ότατον σῶμα Ti.Locr. 98c; ἑ. βάσεις Pl. Ti. 59d; ἑδραιότατον στοιχεῖον εἶναι τὴν γῆν Heraclit. All. 41; ὂν τὸ πάντων -ότατον Plot. 6.2.8; ἑ. ὕπνος sound sleep, Hp. Epid. 6.4.15; of a cup, Ath. 11.496a: metaph. in Rhet., firmly based, κατάληξις Demetr. Eloc. 19, cf. Longin. 40.4. Adv. -αίως firmly, Ath.Mech. 36.10, Hdn. 3.14.5; steadily, Procl. Hyp. 3.21. 2. permanently appointed, PStrassb. 40.11 (vi A. D.).

Key passages & sense analysis (Bonitz)

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