παρακοιμάμαι

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Greek

Alternative forms

Etymology

παρα- (para-, expressing excessive) +‎ κοιμάμαι (koimámai, sleep). Of different sense are the Mediaeval παρακοιμοῦμαι (parakoimoûmai, sleep too little) and the Hellenistic παρακοιμῶμαι (parakoimômai, lie or keep watch beside), contracted form of παρακοιμάομαι (parakoimáomai), whose participle παρακοιμώμενος (parakoimṓmenos) was in use as an official's title in the Byzantine Empire. [1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ɾa.ciˈma.me/
  • Hyphenation: πα‧ρα‧κοι‧μά‧μαι

Verb

παρακοιμάμαι (parakoimámai) / παρακοιμούμαι deponent (past παρακοιμήθηκα)

  1. (intransitive) to oversleep (to sleep for longer than planned)
    Ο Πέτρος παρακοιμήθηκε και έχασε την πτήση του.
    O Pétros parakoimíthike kai échase tin ptísi tou.
    Peter overslept and missed his flight.
  2. (intransitive) to sleep in (to sleep for longer than necessary)
    Παρακοιμήθηκες! Μεσημέριασε πια!
    Parakoimíthikes! Mesimériase pia!
    You slept in! It's already past noon!

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ p.92, Vol.15 - Kriaras, Emmanuel, (vol.1 1969-), Λεξικό της Μεσαιωνικής Ελληνικής Δημώδους Γραμματείας (in Greek),