κεῖμαι

Ancient Greek

Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéytor, from *ḱey- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Latin cunae, cīvis, Old Armenian սէր (sēr), Hittite 𒆠𒀉𒋫𒊑, 𒆠𒀉𒁕𒊑 (kittari), Sanskrit शेते (śéte).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kêː.mai̯/ → /ˈci.mɛ/ → /ˈci.me/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kêː.mai̯/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈki.mɛ/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.mɛ/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.me/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.me/

Verb

κεῖμαι • (keîmai)

1. to lie, lie outstretched
   1. to lie asleep, repose, lie idle, lie still
   2. to lie sick or wounded, lie in misery
   3. to lie dead
   4. to lie neglected, uncared for, unburied
   5. (of wrestlers) to have a fall
2. (of places) to lie, be situated
   1. (of things) to lie in a place
3. to be laid up, be in store (of goods, property, etc.)
4. to be set up, proposed
   1. (of laws) to be laid down
   2. (of arguments) to be laid down
   3. (of names) to be given
5. (figuratively)
   1. to be in the power of
   2. to be in such a manner
   3. to be
   4. to settle down, deposit a sediment
   5. (grammar, of words and phrases) to be found, to occur

Inflection

   Present: κεῖμαι (Contracted)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κεῖμαι	κεῖσαι	κεῖται	κεῖσθον	κεῖσθον	κείμεθα	κεῖσθε	κεῖνται / κέᾰται / κέονται / κείᾰται
	subjunctive	κῶμαι	κέῃ	κέηται/κεῖται	κέησθον	κέησθον	κώμεθᾰ	κέησθε	κέωνται/κείωνται
	optative	κοίμην	κοῖο	κοῖτο	κοῖσθον	κοίσθην	κοίμεθᾰ	κοῖσθε	κοῖντο
	imperative		κεῖσο	κείσθω	κεῖσθον	κείσθων		κεῖσθον	κείσθων
infinitive						κεῖσθαι/κέεσθαι
participle	m					κείμενος
	f					κειμένη
	n					κείμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: ἐκείμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐκείμην	ἔκεισο	ἔκειτο	ἔκεισθον	ἐκείσθην	ἐκείμεθα	ἔκεισθε	ἔκειντο/ἐκέατο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: κείμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κείμην	κεῖσο	κεῖτο	κεῖσθον	κείσθην	κείμεθα	κεῖσθε	κεῖντο/κέατο/κείατο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Imperfect: κεσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κεσκόμην	κέσκου	κέσκετο	κέσκεσθον	κεσκέσθην	κεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	κέσκεσθε	κέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

   Future: κείσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κείσομαι	κείσῃ, κείσει	κείσεται	κείσεσθον	κείσεσθον	κεισόμεθᾰ	κείσεσθε	κείσονται
	optative	κεισοίμην	κείσοιο	κείσοιτο	κείσοισθον	κεισοίσθην	κεισοίμεθᾰ	κείσοισθε	κείσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					κείσεσθαι
participle	m				κεισόμενος
	f				κεισομένη
	n				κεισόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

• ἄκοιτις (ákoitis)
• κειμήλιον (keimḗlion), κειμήλιο (keimílio)
• κοιμάω (koimáō)
• κοίτη (koítē)
• κοῖτος (koîtos)
• διάκειμαι (diákeimai)

References

• “κεῖμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κεῖμαι”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κεῖμαι”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κεῖμαι in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• κεῖμαι in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• “κεῖμαι”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G2749 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
• Sihler, Andrew L. (1995) New Comparative Grammar of Greek and Latin, Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN
• Julius Pokorny (1959), Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch, in 3 vols, Bern, München: Francke Verlag