Noun: cathedra
| Singular | cathedra |
| Plural | cathedras; cathedrae |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like cathedra
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
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. See: Latin Nouns '
cathedra', Ancient Greek Nouns '
καθέδρα'.