κοιμητήριον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κοιμάω (koimáō, “put to sleep”) +‎ -τήριον (-tḗrion).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /koi̯.mɛː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /cy.miˈti.ri.on/ → /ci.miˈti.ri.on/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /koi̯.mɛː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ky.me̝ˈte̝.ri.on/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /cy.miˈti.ri.on/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /cy.miˈti.ri.on/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ci.miˈti.ri.on/

Noun

κοιμητήρῐον • (koimētḗrion) n (genitive κοιμτηρίου); second declension (Koine)

1. bedroom
2. (euphemistic) burial place

Declension

Second declension of τὸ κοιμητήρῐον; τοῦ κοιμητηρῐ́ου (Koine)

Case / #	Singular	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κοιμητήρῐον tò koimētḗrion	τᾰ̀ κοιμητήρῐᾰ tà koimētḗria
Genitive	τοῦ κοιμητηρῐ́ου toû koimētēríou	τῶν κοιμητηρῐ́ων tôn koimētēríōn
Dative	τῷ κοιμητηρῐ́ῳ tôi koimētēríōi	τοῖς κοιμητηρῐ́οις toîs koimētēríois
Accusative	τὸ κοιμητήρῐον tò koimētḗrion	τᾰ̀ κοιμητήρῐᾰ tà koimētḗria
Vocative	κοιμητήρῐον koimētḗrion	κοιμητήρῐᾰ koimētḗria

Descendants

• Greek: κοιμητήριο (koimitírio)
  • → Aromanian: chimitir, chimitiriu
• Latin: coemētērium (see there for further descendants)

Further reading

• κοιμητήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• “κοιμητήριον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, 2011
• “κοιμητήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press