κατακοιμάω

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κατα- (kata-) +‎ κοιμάω (koimáō).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κᾰτᾰκοιμάω (katakoimáō)

  1. to put (someone) to bed, put (someone) to sleep
  2. (passive voice) to lie down to sleep
  3. (passive voice with active meaning) to have sex (with someone)
    • 800 BCE – 600 BCE, Homer, Iliad 2.355 :
      τὼ μή τις πρὶν ἐπειγέσθω οἶκον δὲ νέεσθαι πρίν τινα πὰρ Τρώων ἀλόχῳ κατακοιμηθῆναι τίσασθαι δ᾽ Ἑλένης ὁρμήματά τε στοναχάς τε.
      • Translation by Theodore Alois Buckley
        Let not any one, therefore, hasten to return home before each has slept with a Trojan wife, and has avenged the cares and griefs of Helen.

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