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κοίμησις

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Νέµουσι δ' οἴκους καὶ τὰ ναυστολούµενα ἔσω δόµων σῴζουσιν, οὐδ' ἐρηµίᾳ γυναικὸς οἶκος εὐπινὴς οὐδ' ὄλβιος → They manage households, and save what is brought by sea within the home, and no house deprived of a woman can be tidy and prosperous

Euripides, Melanippe Captiva, Fragment 6.11
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Transliteration A: koímēsis Transliteration B: koimēsis Transliteration C: koimisis Beta Code: koi/mhsis

English (LSJ)

εως, ἡ,

   A lying down to sleep, κοιμήσεις ἐπὶ θύραις Pl.Smp.183a; ἡ κ. τοῦ ὕπνου Ev.Jo.11.13.    II the sleep of death, LXX Si.46.19, 48.13, Tab.Defix.Aud.242.30 (Carthage, iii A.D.).