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

  • Ἐπὶ χλόησ εὐθαλοῦσ ἡ Κένταυροσ αὕτη πεποίηται ὅλῃ μὲν τῇ ἵππῳ χαμαὶ κειμένη, καὶ ἀποτέτανται εἰσ τοὐπίσω οἱ πόδεσ, τὸ δὲ γυναικεῖον ὅσον αὐτῆσ ἠρέμα ἐπεγήγερται καὶ ἐπ̓ ἀγκῶνόσ ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ πόδεσ οἱ ἔμπροσθεν οὐκέτι καὶ οὗτοι ἀποτάδην, οἱο͂ν ἐπὶ πλευρὰν κειμένησ, ἀλλ̓ ὁ μὲν ὀκλάζοντι ἐοίκεν ὢν καμπύλοσ ὑπεσταλμένῃ τῇ ὁπῇ, ὁ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐπανίσταται καὶ τοῦ ἐδάφουσ ἀντιλαμβάνεται, οἱοῖ́ εἰσιν ἵπποι πειρώμενοι ἀναπηδᾶν. (Lucian, Zeuxis 7:1)
  • αἰσχύνομαί σε προσβλέπειν ἐναντίον, Πολυμῆστορ, ἐν τοιοῖσδε κειμένη κακοῖσ. (Euripides, Hecuba, episode9)
  • στρατηγοὶ καὶ ἡγεμόνεσ ὑπὸ τῆσ ἐντὸσ ἀγνωμοσύνησ πολλάκισ σαλεύονται καὶ περιτρέπονται βάσει γὰρ οὐ κειμένῃ πρὸσ ὀρθὰσ ἐξουσίαν ἐποικοδομοῦντεσ ὑψηλὴν συναπονεύουσι. (Plutarch, Ad principem ineruditum, chapter, section 2 4:1)
  • ὃν ἔτ’ ἐπίδοιμι τευθίδοσ δεόμενον, ἡ δ’ ὠπτημένη σίζουσα πάραλοσ ἐπὶ τραπέζῃ κειμένη ὀκέλλοι· (Aristophanes, Acharnians, Episode, strophe3)
  • κἀγὼ καθεύδειν οὐκ ἐδυνάμην, ἀλλά με ἀθάρησ χύτρα τισ ἐξέπληττε κειμένη ὀλίγον ἄπωθεν τῆσ κεφαλῆσ του γρᾳδίου, ἐφ’ ἣν ἐπεθύμουν δαιμονίωσ ἐφερπύσαι. (Aristophanes, Plutus, Episode 1:13)

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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