κοιμάμαι

• κοιμούμαι (koimoúmai)

Inherited from Byzantine Greek κοιμοῦμαι (koimoûmai), κοιμᾶμαι (koimâmai), from Ancient Greek κοιμῶμαι (koimômai, “to lie down to sleep”), contracted form of κοιμάομαι (koimáomai), mediopassive of κοιμάω (koimáō).

• IPA^(key): /ciˈma.me/
• Hyphenation: κοι‧μά‧μαι

κοιμάμαι • (koimámai) / κοιμούμαι deponent (past κοιμήθηκα, ppp κοιμισμένος)

1. to sleep (to rest in a state of reduced consciousness)

   Θέλω να κοιμηθώ αλλά οι διπλανοί κάνουν θόρυβο.

   Thélo na koimithó allá oi diplanoí kánoun thóryvo.

   I want to sleep but the next door neighbours are making noise.

   Το πρόβλημα είναι ότι όταν κοιμάμαι, μιλάω στον ύπνο μου.

   To próvlima eínai óti ótan koimámai, miláo ston ýpno mou.

   The problem is that when I sleep, I talk in my sleep.

2. (figuratively) to idle, laze, lounge, loaf (to do nothing or to be lazy and unwilling to move)

   Κάνε κάτι και μην κοιμάσαι!

   Káne káti kai min koimásai!

   Do something and stop lazing about!

3. (figuratively) to sleep with (to have sexual intercourse)

   Άντε τώρα να μετρήσεις με πόσους έχει κοιμηθεί αυτή.

   Ánte tóra na metríseis me pósous échei koimitheí aftí.

   It's anyone's guess how many she has slept with.

4. (Christianity, Eastern Orthodoxy) (euphemistic, figurative) (forms usually the same as the Ancient Greek κοιμῶμαι (koimômai)) to repose , to die

   Ο άγιος εκοιμήθη στα εξήντα του χρόνια.

   O ágios ekoimíthi sta exínta tou chrónia.

   The saint reposed in the Lord (died) at age sixty.

• (die): πεθαίνω (pethaíno), ξεψυχώ (xepsychó), σβήνω (svíno)
• (idle, loaf, laze): αδρανώ (adranó), λουφάρω (loufáro)
• (have sex): συνουσιάζομαι (synousiázomai), πηδώ (pidó) (vulgar), γαμώ (gamó) (vulgar)

• κοιμίζω (koimízo, “to put to sleep, to anaesthetise”)
• αποκοιμίζω (apokoimízo, “to put to bed”)
• αποκοιμίζομαι (apokoimízomai, “to be put to bed”)
• αποκοιμιέμαι (apokoimiémai, “to nod off”)
• παρακοιμάμαι (parakoimámai, “to oversleep, to sleep in”)
• κοιμάμαι του καλού καιρού (koimámai tou kaloú kairoú, “to sleep like a baby, to be clueless”) (literally: "to sleep of the good times")
• κοιμάμαι όρθιος (koimámai órthios, “to be falling asleep, to not be able to keep one's eyes open, to be clueless/unaware”) (literally: "to sleep upright")
• κοιμάμαι τον ύπνο του δικαίου (koimámai ton ýpno tou dikaíou, “to sleep soundly, to be clueless”) (literally: "to sleep the sleep one's entitled to")
• κοιμάμαι με τις κότες (koimámai me tis kótes, “to go to sleep very early”) (literally: "to sleep with the chickens")
• κοιμάμαι σαν αρνάκι (koimámai san arnáki, “to sleep like a baby”) (literally: "to sleep like a little lamb")
• εκοιμήθη (ekoimíthi, “to repose in the Lord, to die”)