cathedra
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin cathedra (“seat”), from Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra, “chair of a teacher, throne”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”). Doublet of chair and chaise.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcathedra (plural cathedrae or cathedras)
- The chair or throne of a bishop.
- The rank of bishop.
- The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.
Related terms
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈka.tʰe.dra/, [ˈkät̪ʰɛd̪rä] or IPA(key): /kaˈtʰed.ra/, [käˈt̪ʰɛd̪rä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.te.dra/, [ˈkäːt̪ed̪rä] or IPA(key): /kaˈted.ra/, [käˈt̪ɛd̪rä]
Noun
editcathedra f (genitive cathedrae); first declension
- armchair (having cushions and supports)
- ceremonial chair (of a teacher, later of a bishop)
- the office or rank of teacher or bishop
- pulpit in Church for preaching
- chair
Declension
editFirst-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | cathedra | cathedrae |
Genitive | cathedrae | cathedrārum |
Dative | cathedrae | cathedrīs |
Accusative | cathedram | cathedrās |
Ablative | cathedrā | cathedrīs |
Vocative | cathedra | cathedrae |
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- Dalmatian:
- Italo-Romance:
- Italian: cattedra
- North Italian:
- Gallo-Romance:
- Occitano-Romance:
- Ibero-Romance:
- Insular Romance:
Borrowings
- Ancient:
- Modern:
- → Basque: katedra
- → Catalan: càtedra
- → Czech: katedra
- → Dalmatian: catraida
- → Dutch: katheder
- → English: cathedra
- → French: cathèdre
- → Friulian: càtidre
- → Galician: cátedra
- → Macedonian: катедра (katedra)
- → Occitan: catedra
- → Piedmontese: càtedra
- → Polish: katedra
- → Portuguese: cátedra
- → Romanian: catedră
- → Serbo-Croatian: катедра, katedra
- → Spanish: cátedra
- → Swedish: kateder
- → Venetian: càtedra
References
edit- “căthē̆dra”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cathedra”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cathedra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- căthedra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 275/2.
- “cathedra”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cathedra”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
- “cathedra” on page 285/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
- Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “cathedra”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 158/1
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