CHAIR Copy link • CHAIR 1. sedes: sedile (seat, Vid :): sella (chair; also of teachers and magistrates): cathedra (arm or easy-chair for women: later, a professor’s chair). To place a chair for anybody, alicui sellam apponere. The arm or elbow of a chair, arcus sellae (Tac.): ancon (ἀγκών; Caelius Aurelianus Tardae Passiones, 2, 1): ARM-CHAIR, sella obliquis anconibus fabricata (Caelius Aurelianus Tardae Passiones). Chair of state, solium: sella (with epithets; e.g., aurea): sella curulis (according to Roman custom): SEDAN CHIAR, sella: lectica (lectica = “palanquin,” the person being recumbent): sella gestatoria (Suet.): to ride or be carried in a sedan chair, lectica or sella, vehi: gestamine sellae pervehi (of being carried to a place; e.g., Baias, Tac.). 2. v. *aliquem in sellam imposi tum humeris suslevare.