- προεδρία
- προεδρ-ία, [dialect] Ion. -ιη, ἡ,A privilege of the front seats at public games, in theatres, in the public assemblies, bestowed as an honour on distinguished foreigners,
ἀτελείη καὶ π. Hdt.1.54
, 9.73, cf. Ar.Th. 834, X.Vect.3.4(pl.), Decr.Byz. ap. D.18.91; προεδρίην [pron. full] [ῑ] e)n a)gw=sin a)/roito Xenoph.2.7; on ambassadors, Aeschin.3.76; on citizens who had deserved well of their country, and (sometimes) on their descendants, Ar.Eq.575,702; freq. in Inscrr.,π. ἐν τῷ θεάτρῳ IG22.1214.19
, cf. SIG1003.13 (Priene, ii B.C.), etc.;π. τῶν ἀγώνων Pl.Lg.881b
; προεδρίαι ἐν ταῖς πανηγύρεσι ib.946e: hence, generally, authority,εἰσὶν ἐν π. Arist.Pol.1292a9
; precedence, place,π. ἀπονέμεσθαί τινι Hdn.1.8.4
;ἐκστῆναι τῆς π. Plu.2.535b
: in pl., Arist.Rh.1361a35: metaph.,τὸν αὐλὸν εἰς τιμὴν καὶ π. ἄγοντες Plu.Pel.19
; προεδρίας ἐτυγχάνομεν we received attention, respectful treatment, PSI4.380.3 (iii B.C.), cf. Sammelb.5942.12 (iii B.C.); later, care,τῶν πραγμάτων πολλῆς π. δεομένων BGU747 i 15
(ii A.D.);π. τῆς κοιλίης Aret.CD1.3
.2 in concrete sense, front seat, Δαρεῖον ἐν π. κατήμενον on a chair of state, Hdt.4.88;ἐν τοῖσι ἀγῶσι π. ἐξαιρέτους Id.6.57
;ἐς τὴν π. πᾶς ἀνὴρ ὠστίζεται Ar.Ach.42
: esp., at Athens, seats of the πρυτάνεις in the Ecclesia,ἡ π. τῶν πρυτάνεων Din.2.13
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