ἐφέδρα

A. sitting by or before a place: hence, siege, blockade, Hdt. 1.17; ἐπέδρην ποιήσασθαι Id. 5.65; observation of a besieged place, Ath.Mech. 18.14 (pl.).
2. sitting upon, Pl. Plt. 288a.
II. stable, Phleg. Mir. 3.
2. base, Hero Spir. 1.30.
3. surface of a threshold, Rev.Phil. 44.249 (Didyma, ii B.C.).
III. a plant, = ἵππουρις, Hsch., Plin. HN 26.36, Ps.-Dsc. 4.46.
Liddell, Scott & Jones
A Greek-English Lexicon, 1940
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