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

  • ὑπειληφότεσ γὰρ καταδυναστεύειν ἔθνοσ ἅγιον ἄνομοι, δέσμιοι σκότουσ καὶ μακρᾶσ πεδῆται νυκτὸσ κατακλεισθέντεσ ὀρόφοισ, φυγάδεσ τῆσ αἰωνίου προνοίασ ἔκειντο. (Septuagint, Liber Sapientiae 17:2)
  • κἀπειδὴ καιρὸσ ἦν, ἐπ’ ἀγκῶνοσ ἐδειπνοῦμεν ἔκειντο δὲ καὶ ὀκλαδίαι καὶ ἀσκάνται. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 6:1)
  • ἔκειντο δ’ ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισ ἀμαυροὶ καὶ ἄσημοι καὶ οὐδὲν ἔτι τῶν παρ’ ἡμῖν καλῶν φυλάττοντεσ. (Lucian, Necyomantia, (no name) 15:4)
  • "ἔκειντο ὀβολοὶ πρὸ τοῖν ποδοῖν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἄλλα νομίσματα ἔνια ἀργυρᾶ πρὸσ τὸν μηρὸν κηρῷ κεκολλημένα καὶ πέταλα ἐξ ἀργύρου, εὐχαί τινοσ ἢ μισθὸσ ἐπὶ τῇ ἰάσει ὁπόσοι δι’ αὐτὸν ἐπαύσαντο πυρετῷ ἐχόμενοι. (Lucian, Philopsuedes sive incredulus, (no name) 18:6)
  • "συμπόσιά τε ἀντία ἀλλήλων ἐν αὐτοῖσ τραγικῶν τε καὶ κωμικῶν καὶ σατυρικῶν ζῴων ἀληθινὸν ἐχόντων ἱματισμόν, οἷσ παρέκειτο καὶ ποτήρια χρυσᾶ, κατὰ μέσον δὲ τῶν ἄντρων νύμφαι ἐλείφθησαν, ἐν αἷσ ἔκειντο Δελφικοὶ χρυσοῖ τρίποδεσ ὑποστήματ’ ἔχοντεσ, κατὰ δὲ τὸν ὑψηλότατον τόπον τῆσ ὀροφῆσ ἀετοὶ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἦσαν ἀλλήλων χρυσοῖ, πεντεκαιδεκαπήχεισ τὸ μέγεθοσ, ἔκειντο δὲ κλῖναι χρυσαῖ σφιγγόποδεσ ἐν ταῖσ δυσὶ πλευραῖσ ἑκατόν ἡ γὰρ κατὰ πρόσωπον ἁψὶσ ἀφεῖτ’ ἀναπεπταμένη. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 5, book 5, chapter 19 3:85)

Synonyms

  1. to lie

  2. to lie sick or wounded

  3. to lie dead

  4. to have a fall

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Derived

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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