κοίτη

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Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down”), the same root of κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie in a place”).[1]

Pronunciation

 

Noun

κοίτη • (koítē) f (genitive κοίτης); first declension

  1. bed, resting place
    Synonyms: εὐνή (eunḗ), κλίνη (klínē), κράββατος (krábbatos)
  2. (geography) riverbed
  3. lair of a wild beast
  4. pen, fold for cattle
  5. act of going to bed; bedtime
  6. lodging, entertainment
  7. (Septuagint, New Testament) (conjugal) context wherein sexual activity occurs
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 49:4:
      ...ἀνέβης γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην τοῦ πατρός σου, τότε ἐμίανας τὴν στρωμνήν, οὗ ἀνέβης.
      ...anébēs gàr epì tḕn koítēn toû patrós sou, tóte emíanas tḕn strōmnḗn, hoû anébēs.
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Leviticus 20:13:
      καὶ ὃς ἂν κοιμηθῇ μετὰ ἄρσενος κοίτην γυναικός...
      kaì hòs àn koimēthêi metà ársenos koítēn gunaikós...
    • The Epistle to the Hebrews, 13:4
      Τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, πόρνους γὰρ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κοίτη; τῆς κοίτης (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἡ κοίτη
hē koítē 		τὼ κοίτᾱ
tṑ koítā 		αἱ κοῖται
hai koîtai
Genitive τῆς κοίτης
tês koítēs 		τοῖν κοίταιν
toîn koítain 		τῶν κοιτῶν
tôn koitôn
Dative τῇ κοίτῃ
têi koítēi 		τοῖν κοίταιν
toîn koítain 		ταῖς κοίταις
taîs koítais
Accusative τὴν κοίτην
tḕn koítēn 		τὼ κοίτᾱ
tṑ koítā 		τᾱ̀ς κοίτᾱς
tā̀s koítās
Vocative κοίτη
koítē 		κοίτᾱ
koítā 		κοῖται
koîtai
Notes:

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Greek: κοίτη (koíti)

References

  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεῖμαι (> DER > 1. > κοίτη)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 663-4

Further reading

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίτη (koítē).

Pronunciation

Noun

κοίτη • (koíti) f (plural κοίτες)

  1. river bed
  2. (archaic, very rare, law) bed (used only in legal expression:)[1]
    χωρισμός από τραπέζης και κοίτης
    chorismós apó trapézis kai koítis
    lit.: "separation of table and bed". Legal separation.

Declension

Declension of κοίτη
singular plural
nominative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)
genitive κοίτης (koítis) κοιτών (koitón)
accusative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)
vocative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)

Synonyms

References

  1. ^ κοίτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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