exhedra

ex•e•dra

(ˈɛk sɪ drə, ɛkˈsi-)

n., pl. ex•e•drae (ˈɛk sɪˌdri, ɛkˈsi dri)

1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a recess in the wall of a courtyard or other open area, as in a palaestra, used for lectures or meetings.

2. a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.

[1700–10; < Latin < Greek exédra=ex- ex-³ + (h)édra seat, bench]

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(26) "Hoc autem tempore, etsi multa in omni parte Athenarum sunt in ipsis locis indicia summorum uirorum, tamen ego illa moueor exhedra. Modo enim fuit Carneadis, quem uidere uideor (est enim nota imago), a sedeque ipsa tanta ingeni magnitudine orbata desiderari illam uocem puto".

La funcion de las imagenes en la reflexion filosofica de Ciceron

Entering it from the atrium through the andron, the peristyle was a square open courtyard, usually surrounded by a portico or colonnade, and leading on to a triclinium (dining room with reclining couches), kitchen (culina) and multipurpose rooms (exhedra, oecus).