different between semicircular vs exedra

English

Etymology

semi- +? circular

Adjective

semicircular (not comparable)

1. In the shape of half of a circle or a semicircle.

Alternative forms

• semi-circular

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

semicercle +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (masculine and feminine plural semicirculars)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “semicircular” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “semicircular” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Romanian

Etymology

From French semi-circulaire

Adjective

semicircular m or n (feminine singular semicircular?, masculine plural semicirculari, feminine and neuter plural semicirculare)

1. semicircular

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

semicírculo +? -ar

Adjective

semicircular (plural semicirculares)

1. semicircular

Further reading

• “semicircular” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (ex, “out of”) + ???? (hédra, “seat”).

Noun

exedra (plural exedras or exedrae)

1. (architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.
2. (by extension) A curved bench with a high back.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?? (ex, “out of”) + ???? (hédra, “seat”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ek.se.dra/, [??ks??d??ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?ek.se.dra/, [???z?d???]

Noun

exedra f (genitive exedrae); first declension

1. hall (with seats) for a discussion etc

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

• exedra in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• exedra in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exedra in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• exedra in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• exedra in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]
• exedra in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• exedra in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin