ἐν + ἕδρα
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Ἐνέδραι. παρὰ τὸ ἕζω ῥῆμα, ὄνομα ἔδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα.
Translation (En)
Enedrai "ambushes". From the verb hezō "to sit", the noun is hedra "seat", and enedra
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Choroboscus, Epimerismi in Psalmos, p. 118 (ἐνέδρα, παρὰ τὸ ἕζω, τὸ κάθημαι, ἕδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα, ἐν ᾗ κάθηνταί τινες, ἕως ἂν ἕλωσιν οὓς ἐπιβουλεύουσι); Etym. Parvum, epsilon 12 (Ἐνέδρα· παρὰ τὸ ἕζω, τὸ καθέζομαι, ἕδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα, ἐν ᾗ καθέζονται μέχρις ἂν ἕλωσιν οἷς ἐπιβουλεύονται); Etym. Gudianum, epsilon, p. 470 (Ἐνέδρα <Ps. 9, 29>· ... παρὰ τὸ ἕζω, τὸ καθέζομαι, ἕδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα, ἐν ᾗ καθέζονταί τινες, μέχρις ἂν ἕλωσιν οἷς ἐπιβουλεύουσι); Etym. Magnum, Kallierges, p. 339 (Ἐνέδρα: Παρὰ τὸ ἕζω, τὸ καθέζομαι, ἕδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα, ἐν ᾗ κάθηνταί τινες, μέχρις ἂν ἕλωσι τούτους, οἷς ἂν ἐπιβουλεύωσιν); Etym. Symeonis, epsilon 411 (Ἐνέδρα· παρὰ τὸ ἕζω ῥῆμα· ὄνομα ἕδρα καὶ ἐνέδρα, ἐν αἷς κάθηνταί τινες, μέχρις ἂν ἕλωσι τούτους, οἷς ἂν ἐπιβουλεύωσιν)
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The word is analyzed as a prefixed form of ἕδρα "seat", with the prefix ἐν "in"