Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κεῖμαι

-μι athematic Verb; 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: κεῖμαι κείσομαι

Structure: κεί (Stem) + μαι (Ending)

Sense

  1. to lie, lie outstretched, 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

Conjugation

Present tense

Future tense

Imperfect tense

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • Καρίων ὁ ἐμὸσ οἰκέτησ ἐπεὶ τάχιστά με ἀποθανόντα εἶδε, περὶ δείλην ὀψίαν ἀνελθὼν εἰσ τὸ οἴκημα ἔνθα ἐκείμην, σχολῆσ οὔσησ ‐ οὐδεὶσ γὰρ οὐδὲ ἐφύλαττέ με ‐ Γλυκέριον τὴν παλλάκιδα μου ‐ καὶ πάλαι δέ, οἶμαι, κεκοινωνήκεσαν ‐ παραγαγὼν ἐπισπασάμενοσ τὴν θύραν ἐσπόδει καθάπερ οὐδενὸσ ἔνδον παρόντοσ· (Lucian, Cataplus, (no name) 12:3)
  • "ἑβδόμῃ δὲ μετὰ τὴν τελευτὴν ἡμέρᾳ ἐγὼ μὲν ἐνταῦθα ἐπὶ τῆσ κλίνησ ὥσπερ νῦν ἐκείμην παραμυθούμενοσ τὸ πένθοσ· (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 22:42)
  • ἐμοῦ γοῦν Θούκριτοσ πόσα κατέφαγεν ἀεὶ τεθνήξεσθαι δοκῶν καὶ ὁπότε ἐσίοιμι ὑποστένων καὶ μύχιόν τι καθάπερ ἐξ ᾠοῦ νεοττὸσ ἀτελὴσ ὑποκρώζων, ὥστ̓ ἔγωγε ὅσον αὐτίκα οἰόμενοσ ἐπιβήσειν αὐτὸν τῆσ σοροῦ ἔπεμπόν τε πολλά, ὡσ μὴ ὑπερβάλλοιντό με οἱ ἀντερασταὶ τῇ μεγαλοδωρεᾷ, καὶ τὰ πολλὰ ὑπὸ φροντίδων ἄγρυπνοσ ἐκείμην ἀριθμῶν ἕκαστα καὶ διατάττων. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 11:2)
  • εἶτα ὁ μὲν ἔπινεν, ἐγὼ δὲ αὐτίκα μάλα ἐκτάδην ἐκείμην ὑποβολιμαῖοσ ἀντ̓ ἐκείνου νεκρόσ. (Lucian, Dialogi mortuorum, 4:1)
  • "ἄνδρεσ Τρίτωνεσ, ὑπὸ τοῦ δέουσ καταβαλὼν ἐμαυταν ὑπὸ τοὺσ θαλάμουσ ὡσ ἔνι μάλιστα κατωτάτω ἐκείμην. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 2, book 2, chapter 5 2:2)

Synonyms

  1. to lie

  2. to lie sick or wounded

  3. to lie dead

  4. to have a fall

Related

Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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