cathedra

căthē̆dra, ae, f., = καθέδρα, a chair, a stool, esp. one furnished with cushions and supports for women, an arm-chair.

• I In gen., Hor. S. 1, 10, 91; Phaedr. 3, 8, 4; Prop. 4 (5), 5, 37; Juv. 6, 91 al.; also, a sedan chair, Juv. 1, 65; Juv.9, 52 Rup. al.; cf. Dict. of Antiq.—
• II Esp., a teacher’s or professor’s chair, Juv. 7, 203; Mart. 1, 77 fin.—Hence,
• • B Meton., the office of teacher: usurpare, Aus. Prof. 10, 1; also, of a bishop: tenere, Sid. Ep. 7, 4.

cathedra, ae, f. (καθέδρα), I) der Stuhl, Sessel, bes. der mit Armlehnen u. einem Fußtritt versehene der röm. Damen, der Lehnsessel, Hor. u.a.: alci cathedram poni iubere, Sen.: exsiluit cathedrā, Sen. – später statt der lectica (Sänfte) zum Tragen eingerichtet, der Tragsessel, s. die Auslgg. zu Iuven. 1, 65. – meton., cathedrae molles = weichliche Frauen, Iuven. 6, 90. – II) der Lehrstuhl, das Katheder, Mart., Iuven. u. Eccl. – cathedram sacerdotalem invadere (die Kanzel besteigen), Hier. vir. ill. 70. – meton. = das Lehramt, Auson. prof. 10, 1: u. der Bischofssitz, Prud. perist, 2, 462. Sidon. ep. 7, 4.

cathedra [CL < καθέδρα] 1 chair, seat. b cucking-stool. c ‘frithstool’ (York). d throne. e chair (acad.) or its occupant; f (fig.; cf.Psalm. i 1). [mons] Kaerarthur dictus, id est ~a Arthuri, propter gemina promontorii cacumina in ~e modum se preferentia Gir. IK I 2; 1219 quod nulli episcopo liceat in ‥ monasterio [Malmesburie] ~am statuere aut missas publicas celebrare nisi ‥ fuerit evocatus Ch. Sal. 90; 1257 ad ‥ quandam ~am ad opus regine in capella sua faciendam Cl 144; 1338 j ~a ferrea Ac. Durh. 376; 1349 pro diversis necessariis camere [domine]: ‥ j ~am plicabilem ad lavandum; j ~am plicabilem ad parandum (KR Ac 391/15) Arch. XXXI 76; 1388 j tabula et j ~a longa IMisc 332 f. 55; tunc temporis abbates ‥ primas in conventibus ~as ‥ non querebant Elmh. Cant. 200; 1553 de ‥ xvij ~is magnis et parvis tornatis et planis, A. ‥ chayres grete and small turned and playne; iiij ~is conjunctis, A. ‥ joyned chayres; iiij ~is Hispanie, A. ‥ Spanisshe chayres; j parva ~a applectata, A. one lytell foldinge chayer; j ~a fabricata, A. one framed chayer; j ~a cum tergo corrii, A. one chere with a backe of lether; j ~a clausa, A. one close cheire Pat 852 m. 28.  b malam cervisiam faciens aut in ~a ponebatur stercoris aut iiij sol. dabat prepositis (Chesh) DB I 262b.  c 1136 si aliquis ‥ quemquam capere presumeret in ~a lapidea juxta altare, quam Angli vocant fridstol, id est ~a quietudinis vel pacis Regesta 975 (= MonA VI 1180).  d s1190 rex Anglie exigebat a ‥ rege Sicilie ‥ ad opus Johanne sororis sue ‥ ~am auream ‥ de consuetudine reginarum terre illius G. Ric. I 132; s1241 Alexander III ‥ apud Sconam ‥ in regem sublimatus est ‥ et coronatus. ‥ postea ‥ eum in ~a regali lapidea et marmoria, que ex Egipto transportata fuit, honorifice statuerunt Plusc. VII 14; 1454 cum ymagine cujusdam regis sedentis in ~a Ac. Durh. 148.  e cum per multos annos legem Domini docuisset ‥, cessavit ‥ et ~am suspendit magistralem V. Edm. Rich B 619; actum est ‥ apud cancellarium et magistros universitatis Oxonie ut ‥ frater T. ‥ ~am ordinarie regendi in sacris scripturis ascenderet Ad. Marsh Ep. 188 p. 338; M. Par. Maj. V 428 (v. culmen 2a); 1314 nullus valeat ~am conscendere magistralem nisi prius in artibus magister extiterit (DigbyR. I) Collect. Ox. II 264; per nos [libros] ‥ ~as scanditis magistrales, vocati ab hominibus Rabbi R. Bury Phil. 4. 50; 1516 nullus de cetero [in doctorem] incorporetur nisi in quem consenserit ~a facultatis cujus existit et tres alii doctores StatOx 333.  f fallaciarum fabricatores ‥ in ~a pestilentiae sedentes Aldh. VirgP 32. 2 episcopal (or archiepiscopal) see. b papal see. c see of Antioch (usu. w. ref. to feast of St. Peter’s Chair, 22 Feb.). †676 (12c) pontificalem ~am erigentes CS 43; archiepiscopus ~ae Doruvernensis Bede HE III 20; episcopalem Lindisfarnensis ecclesiae ~am Ib. V 12; tradidit Ecgberto venerandae jura cathēdrae, / quem sibi pontificem fecit succedere summum Alcuin SS Ebor 1248; †949 Odone archiepiscopo metropolitanam ~am presidente CS 880; 10‥ ~a, †bisceopstaf[? l. bisceopsetl] WW; in ~a pontificali sublimatus Osb. V. Dunst. 29; ad sedem suam Eboracam vadit; ubi ‥ cum sonoris clericorum concentibus ~am est archi-episcopalem indeptus Eadmer V. Osw. 22; s1108 ut ‥ visum fuerit de ipsa [Lincoliensi] parochia sumendum quo fieret alter episcopatus, cujus ~e principatus poneretur in abbatia de Heli Id. HN 232; cum nosse studuerim ‥ quisnam transtulerit ad Wellam aliunde ~am pontificalem Episc. Som. 9; vobis ‥ a Deo vocatis ‥ tanti athlete inire pugnam, subire curam, implere ~am H. Bos. Thom. pref. p. 155; 1222 ut ‥ ad episcopatum electus pontificalem ~am liberius ascendat Pat 376; sed alma / presulis in cathĕdra dormiit ipse sedens Garl. Tri. Eccl. 64; s1320 cum nemo citra xxx annos de jure ~am pastoralem possit ascendere V. Ed. II 252; speciosissima ecclesia ista [Wellensis] ‥ intus habet digni presulis episcopalem ~am Bekynton II app. 321; duo ‥ templa ‥ alterum minus et parochiale, alterum majus episcopi ~a Camd. Br. 207.  b Silvester qui apud Romam pontificalis ~ae suscepit sacerdotium Aldh. VirgP 25; c1080 apostolicae sedis ~am possidente papa Gregorio Regesta 4; 1131 Innocentio papa secundo Ausonie ~e presidente (Confirm. Hen. I) EHR XXXIV 563; s1181 obiit papa Alexander postquam sedisset in ~a Romana annis xxij Wend. I 128; 1440 oportet reges ‥ Christiani in unum conveniant et sanctitati ‥ vestre et Petri ~e adherenciam prestent Bekynton II 93; Romanae ‥ ~ae ‥ praerogativam Bekinsau 747.  c s34 Petrus tenuit ~am Antiochie septem annis M. Par. Maj. I 97; 1200 abbatissa ‥ petiit terram suam ‥ die Mercurii ante ~am S. Petri CurR I 165; 1224 die Lune proxima post festum S. Petri ad ~am LTR Mem 6 r. 3 (2) (cf. KR Mem 6 r. 16d.: vigilia S. Petri in ~a); in ~a S. Petri, excepto magno cereo qui ante ejus altare tota nocte et tota die ardere debet, non major fit lucerna quam in Conversione S. Pauli Cust. Westm. 289; c1250 in mense Februarii Purificatio B.M.V. per omnia sollempnis habeatur et ~a S. Petri Conc. Syn. 653; cum supplicationum diligentia per quindenam integram a festo ~e B. Petri sub aliquo intervallo usque ad Sabbathum vigilie xl Martyrum ‥ protensa fuisset Ad. Marsh Ep. 192; 1267 datum die Lune proxima ante festum B. Petri quod dicitur in ~a Reg. Malm. II 128; s1267 legato ‥ S. Petri in ~a ‥ concilium celebrante Fl. Worc. Cont. C 199; 1409 septimana finiente xxiij die Februarii qua accidit ~a S. Petri Ac. Forge Durh. 521.

căthedra, (13) æ, f. (καθέδρα), ¶ 1 chaise à dossier, siège : Hor. S. 1, 10, 91 ; Juv. 6, 91 || chaise à porteurs : Juv. 1, 65 ¶ 2 chaire de professeur : sterilis cathedra Juv. 7, 203, chaire de maigre rapport || chaire dʼune église : Hier. Vir. ill. 70 || [fig.] siège épiscopal : Prud. Perist. 2, 462.

cathedra , ae. f.
師座位。敎書椅。女轎。 — supina 睡椅。

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cathedra ae, f

• , καθέδρα, a chair, stool, cushioned seat, arm - chair: Discipularum, H.—A litter, sedan chair, Iu.—A teacher's seat, professor's chair, Iu.

CATHEDRA

CATHEDRA(καθέδρα), a seat; French, chaire, chaise; Eng. chair: but the term was more particularly applied to a seat with a back but no arms, whereas the sella, however splendid in its material or dignified in its associations, had neither. The back was usually curved or hollow, and low enough for the arm to rest upon it with ease, as in the annexed woodcut, taken from Sir William Hamilton's work on Greek vases. On the cathedra is seated a bride, who is being fanned by a female slave with a fan made of peacock's feathers: under her feet is a footstool.

There was also the cathedra longa, chaise longue or easy chair; and, more luxurious still, the cathedra supina or reclining chair. Then as now, they were often made of wicker-work: [salices ] supinarum in delicias cathedrarum aptissimae (Plin. Nat.16.174). The cathedra was more used by women than by men (hence femineae, Mart. 3.63, 12.38-Z2; cf. Hor. Sat. 1.10, 91; Propert. 5.5, 37). It was a mark of effeminacy when a man was seen strata (cushioned) positus longaque cathedra (Juven. 9.51). To sit on cathedrae at table was, however, less luxurious than the ordinary reclining posture, and was considered proper for boys [ARVALES, p. 199 a; CENA]. The seat was not stuffed, but a cushion was commonly placed upon it; and a cover might also be thrown over the back.

Another sort of cathedra was a sedan-chair, in which women were accustomed to be carried about, instead of in a lectica. The nuda cathedra of Juvenal (1.65), in which the successful forger is carried

supinus, is probably an uncurtained lectica; it is insolence rather than effeminacy which here provokes the rage of the satirist: cf. Cic. Phil. 2.2. 4, § 58, aperta lectica mima portabatur.

The above illustration shows a professorial chair (Juven. 7.203; Mart. 1.77) from Visconti (Icon. Grec. i. pl. 35). (Compare Böttiger, Sabina, vol. 1. p. 35; Scheffer, de Re Vehic. 2.4; Mommsen-Marquardt, vii. [Privatleben], p. 705.)

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Cathĕdra

(καθέδρα). A seat. The word was more particularly applied to a seat with a back but no arms, whereas the sella, however splendid in its material or dignified in its associations, had neither. The back was usually curved or hollow, and low enough for the arm to rest upon it with ease, as in the preceding illustration, taken from Sir William Hamilton's work on Greek vases. On the cathedra is seated a bride, who is being fanned by a female slave with a fan made of peacock's feathers; under her feet is a footstool.

There was also the cathedra longa, or easy-chair; and, more luxurious still, the cathedra supina, resembling the modern steamer-chair. Then, as now, they were often made of wicker-work (salices).

The cathedra was more used by women than by men (hence femineae, Mart.iii. 63). It was a mark of effeminacy when a man was seen stretched out on a reclining-chair. To sit on cathedrae at table was, however, less luxurious than the ordinary reclining posture, and was considered proper for boys. (See cena.) The seat was not stuffed, but a cushion was commonly placed upon it; and a cover might also be thrown over the back.

Another sort of cathedra was a sedan-chair, in which women were accustomed to be carried about, instead of in a lectica. The nuda cathedra of Juvenal (i. 65), in which the successful forger is carried supinus, is probably an uncurtained lectica; it is insolence rather than effeminacy which here provokes the rage of the satirist. See lectica.