exedra

== English == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). === Noun === exedra (plural exedras or exedrae) (architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion. (by extension) A curved bench with a high back. ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From Ancient Greek ἐξ (ex, “out of”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.sɛ.dra] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈɛk.se.dra] === Noun === exedra f (genitive exedrae); first declension hall (with seats) for a discussion, etc.; a lecture hall ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. === References === “exedra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “exedra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "exedra", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, 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[1] “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