exĕdra (noun F) = ἐξέδρα:
* A hall furnished with seats, a hall for conversing or disputing in.
* Prop.: exedrae spatiosae, habentes sedes, in quibus philosophi, rhetores, reliquique ... sedentes disputare possint,Vitr. 5, 11, 2; 7, 9; Cic. de Or. 3, 5, 17; id. N. D. 1, 6, 15; id. Fin. 5, 2, 4; Quint. 10, 1, 89; Dig. 9, 3, 5; Vulg. Jer. 35, 2 al. (v. Becker's Gallus, London ed. p. 262).
* Transf., an aviary, Varr. R. R. 3, 5, 8.

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