ἐφέδρα
ἡ
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.