Ion. -
I
1. place for lying down or reclining: hence, I hut, shed, booth, 1. for use in peace, cot, cabin, once in Il., 18.589, cf. Od. 14.194, al.
2. for use in war, hut,
II
1. anything for lying or sitting upon, couch or easy chair, Od. 4.123;
2. couch for reclining on at table, Pi. P. 4.133 (pl.);
3. nuptial bed, E. Alc. 994, IT 857.
III company of people sitting at meals, Luk 9:14; banquet,
pr. a place for reclining; a tent, seat, couch; in NT a group of persons reclining at a meal. Luk 9:14
G2828 —
1. a hut, erected to pass the night in.
2. a tent.
3. anything to recline on; a chair in which to lean back the head, reclining-chair.
4. a company reclining; a row or party of persons reclining at meal: so in plural, Luk 9:14, on which cf. Winers Grammar, 229 (214); likewise in Josephus, Antiquities 12, 2, 12; Plutarch Sert. 26.
κλισία , - ας , ή
( < κλίνω ),
[in LXX : 3Ma 6:31 A * ;]
1. a place for reclining; hence,
(a) a hut;
(b) an easy chair;
( c ) a couch.
2. a company reclining: pl., Luk 9:14 ( cf. FlJ , Ant., xii, 2, 12).