synedrus

Meaning

1. masculinea counsellor, senator (equivalent to a Roman senātor)
   [H]is rerum externarum cognitionibus interpositis Macedonum rursus advocatum concilium; pronuntiatum, quod ad statum Macedoniae pertinebat, senatores, quos synedros vocant, legendos esse, quorum consilio res publica administraretur.The congress of the Macedonians which had been interrupted by these proceedings was again convened. First of all the status of Macedonia was defined. Senators, who were known as “synedri,” were to be elected to form a council for the administration of government. ― translation by the Rev. Canon Roberts (1912)circa 20 BC, Titus Livius Patavinus (author), W. Weissenborn (editor), Ab Urbe Condita Libri (1881), book XLV, chapter xxxii, §§ 1–2 (pages 86–87)

Declension

Origins

From the Ancient Greek σῠ́νεδρος (sŭ́nedros, “one who sits with others”, “assessor”, “coadjutor”; “delegate to the assembly”), from σῠ́ν (sŭ́n, “beside”, “with”) + ἕδρᾱ (hédrā, “sitting”, “session [of a council]”).