Ancient Greek-English Dictionary Language

κοιταῖος

First/Second declension Adjective; Transliteration:

Principal Part: κοιταῖος κοιταῖη κοιταῖον

Structure: κοιται (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Etym.: koi/th

Sense

  1. in bed
  2. the lair of a wild beast

Examples

  • τὰσ δὲ πεζικὰσ δυνάμεισ ἐξώρκισε διὰ τῶν χιλιάρχων, τάξασ ἡμέραν ἐν ᾗ δεήσει πάντασ ἐν Ἀριμίνῳ γενέσθαι κοιταίουσ. (Polybius, Histories, book 3, chapter 61 10:2)

Synonyms

  1. in bed

  2. the lair of a wild beast

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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