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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

  • ἤδη γάρ σφιν ἔκειτο μέγασ λῖσ, ἀμφὶ δὲ κάπροι δοιοί, ἀπουράμενοι ψυχάσ, κατὰ δέ σφι κελαινὸν αἷμ’ ἀπελείβετ’ ἔραζ’· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 16:6)
  • ὤμοισιν δέ μιν ἀμφὶ μελάνδετον ἀο͂ρ ἔκειτο χαλκέου ἐκ τελαμῶνοσ· (Hesiod, Shield of Heracles, Book Sh. 24:4)
  • ὡσ γάρ μιν ἡ συμφορὴ κατέλαβεν, ἀμηχανέων τῷ κακῷ αἰσχρῷ δοκέοντι κατ’ ἡσυχίην ἐνόσεεν, ἔκειτο δὲ ἀλγέων οὐδέν, καὶ οἱ ἥ τε χροιὴ πάμπαν ἐτρέπετο καὶ τὸ σῶμα δι’ ἡμέρησ ἐμαραίνετο. (Lucian, De Syria dea, (no name) 17:5)
  • ποτήρια δὲ ἔκειτο παντοῖα ἐπὶ τῆσ δελφίδοσ ^ τραπέζησ, ὁ κρυψιμέτωποσ καὶ τρυήλησ ^ Μεντορουργὴσ εὐλαβῆ ἔχων τὴν κέρκον καὶ βομβυλιὸσ καὶ δειροκύπελλον καὶ γηγενῆ πολλὰ οἱᾶ Θηρικλῆσ ὤπτα, εὐρυχαδῆ τε καὶ ἄλλα εὔστομα, τὰ μὲν Φωκαῆθεν, τὰ δὲ Κνιδόθεν, πάντα μέντοι ἀνεμοφόρητα καὶ ὑμενόστρακα. (Lucian, Lexiphanes, (no name) 7:1)
  • ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἡμᾶσ ηὔνασ’ Ἑκτόρεια χείρ, ξύνθημα λέξασ, ηὕδομεν πεδοστιβεῖ κόπῳ δαμέντεσ, οὐδ’ ἐφρουρεῖτο στρατὸσ φυλακαῖσι νυκτέροισιν, οὐδ’ ἐν τάξεσιν ἔκειτο τεύχη, πλῆκτρά τ’ οὐκ ἐπὶ ζυγοῖσ ἵππων καθήρμοσθ’, ὡσ ἄναξ ἐπεύθετο κρατοῦντασ ὑμᾶσ κἀφεδρεύοντασ νεῶν πρύμναισι· (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, iambic8)

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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