κεῖμαι

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéytor, from *ḱey- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Latin cunae, cīvis, Old Armenian սէր (sēr), Hittite 𒆠𒀉𒋫𒊑, 𒆠𒀉𒁕𒊑 (kittari), Sanskrit शेते (śéte).

Pronunciation

 

Verb

κεῖμαι • (keîmai)

  1. to lie, lie outstretched
    1. 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
  2. (of places) to lie, be situated
    1. (of things) to lie in a place
  3. to be laid up, be in store (of goods, property, etc.)
  4. to be set up, proposed
    1. (of laws) to be laid down
    2. (of arguments) to be laid down
    3. (of names) to be given
  5. (figuratively)
    1. to be in the power of
    2. to be in such a manner
    3. to be
    4. to settle down, deposit a sediment
    5. (grammar, of words and phrases) to be found, to occur

Inflection

   Present: κεῖμαι (Contracted)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative κεῖμαι κεῖσαι κεῖται κεῖσθον κεῖσθον κείμεθα κεῖσθε κεῖνται / κέᾰται / κέονται / κείᾰται
subjunctive κῶμαι κέῃ κέηται/κεῖται κέησθον κέησθον κώμεθᾰ κέησθε κέωνται/κείωνται
optative κοίμην κοῖο κοῖτο κοῖσθον κοίσθην κοίμεθᾰ κοῖσθε κοῖντο
imperative   κεῖσο κείσθω κεῖσθον κείσθων   κεῖσθε κείσθων
infinitive κεῖσθαι/κέεσθαι
participle m κείμενος
f κειμένη
n κείμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: ἐκείμην
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative ἐκείμην ἔκεισο ἔκειτο ἔκεισθον ἐκείσθην ἐκείμεθα ἔκεισθε ἔκειντο/ἐκέατο
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: κείμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative κείμην κεῖσο κεῖτο κεῖσθον κείσθην κείμεθα κεῖσθε κεῖντο/κέατο/κείατο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Imperfect: κεσκόμην (Epic)
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative κεσκόμην κέσκου κέσκετο κέσκεσθον κεσκέσθην κεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ κέσκεσθε κέσκοντο
Notes:
Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
   Future: κείσομαι
number singular dual plural
first second third second third first second third
middle indicative κείσομαι κείσῃ,
κείσει 		κείσεται κείσεσθον κείσεσθον κεισόμεθᾰ κείσεσθε κείσονται
optative κεισοίμην κείσοιο κείσοιτο κείσοισθον κεισοίσθην κεισοίμεθᾰ κείσοισθε κείσοιντο
middle
infinitive κείσεσθαι
participle m κεισόμενος
f κεισομένη
n κεισόμενον
Notes:
This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

References

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