cathedra

Borrowed 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.

• IPA^(key): [kəˈθiːdɹə]

cathedra (plural cathedrae or cathedras)

1. The chair or throne of a bishop.
2. The rank of bishop.
3. The official chair of some position or office, as of a professor.

• ex cathedra

From Ancient Greek καθέδρα (kathédra), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἕδρα (hédra, “seat”).

• (Classical) 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]

cathedra f (genitive cathedrae); first declension

1. armchair (having cushions and supports)
2. ceremonial chair (of a teacher, later of a bishop)
3. the office or rank of teacher or bishop
4. pulpit in Church for preaching
5. chair

First-declension noun.

Borrowings

• “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