cathedris
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cathedra, cathedrae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
armchair, easy chair (for women); cushioned seat/stool; sedan;; bishop's chair/throne/office; professor/teacher's chair/office, professorship;
abl. pl.dat. pl.loc. pl.
Examples
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...pendent anabathra tigillo quaeque reportandis posita est orchestra cathedris. nos tamen hoc agimus tenuique in puluere sulcos ducimus..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...nolo polyposum. XXXVIII Hunc qui femineis noctesque diesque cathedris Incedit tota notus in urbe nimis, Crine nitens, niger..."Liber II
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Hinc quoque deceptus Memphitica templa frequentat, adsidet et cathedris, maesta iuuenca, tuis. Inde petit centum pendentia tecta columnis..."Liber VIII
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...mense, quo maxime lites interquiescunt, positis ante lectos cathedris amicos collocavi. Forte accidit ut eodem die mane..."