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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κοιμάω (koimáō, “put to sleep”) + -τήριον (-tḗrion).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /koi̯.mɛː.tɛ̌ː.ri.on/ → /cy.miˈti.ri.on/ → /ci.miˈti.ri.on/
Noun
κοιμητήρῐον • (koimētḗrĭon) n (genitive κοιμτηρίου); second declension (Koine)
- bedroom
- (euphemistic) burial place
Declension
Descendants
Further reading
- κοιμητήριον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- “κοιμητήριον”, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
- “κοιμητήριον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press