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

  • καὶ οὗτοσ μὲν ἀνασπασθεὶσ ἄνω μετέωρόσ ἐστι καὶ μετὰ μικρὸν καταπεσών, ἀπορραγέντοσ τοῦ λίνου ἐπειδὰν μηκέτι ἀντέχῃ πρὸσ τὸ βάροσ, μέγαν τὸν ψόφον ἐργάσεται, οὗτοσ δὲ ὀλίγον ἀπὸ γῆσ αἰωρούμενοσ, ἢν καὶ πέσῃ, ἀψοφητὶ κείσεται,^ μόλισ καὶ τοῖσ γείτοσιν ἐξακουσθέντοσ τοῦ πτώματοσ. (Lucian, Contemplantes, (no name) 16:8)
  • κρυπτὸσ δ’ ἐν ἄντροισ τῆσ ὑπαργύρου χθονὸσ ἀνθρωποδαίμων κείσεται βλέπων φάοσ, Βάκχου προφήτησ ὥστε Παγγαίου πέτραν ᾤκησε, σεμνὸσ τοῖσιν εἰδόσιν θεόσ. (Euripides, Rhesus, episode, antistrophe 1 4:14)
  • κἄν τι πηρώσω γέ σου τὸν παῖδα τύπτων, τἀργύριόν σοι κείσεται. (Aristophanes, Frogs, Lyric-Scene, iambics17)
  • "ὥστε Ἱππόνικοσ ὁ ἀπ’ ἐκείνου γεγονὼσ τοῦ τὴν παρακαταθήκην λαβόντοσ ᾔτησεν Ἀθηναίουσ ποτὲ ἐν ἀκροπόλει τόπον ἵν’ οἰκοδομήσηται τοῖσ χρήμασιν ὅπου κείσεται, λέγων ὡσ οὐκ ἀσφαλὲσ ἐν ἰδιωτικῇ οἰκίᾳ πολλὰ χρήματα εἶναι. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 12, book 12, chapter 52 1:7)
  • "καὶ πρὸσ τὸ ἀπόλωλε καὶ τὸ ἀνῄρηται καὶ τὸ οὐκ ἔστι ταράσσονται καὶ δυσανασχετοῦσι τούτων λεγομένων, ὡσ τὸ ἔπειτα κείσεται βαθυδένδρῳ ἐν χθονὶ συμποσίων τε καὶ λυρᾶν ἄμοιροσ ἰαχᾶσ τε παντερπέοσ αὐλῶν· (Plutarch, Non posse suaviter vivi secundum Epicurum, section 2611)

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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