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|Definition=<span class="bld">A</span> κεῖσαι Il.19.319, etc. (κατά-κειαι ''h.Merc.''254, Arc. [[κεῖοι]] ''Tab.Defix.'' in ''Philol.''59.201), κεῖται Il.6.47, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.9,4.62 (v.l. [[κέεται]]), ''IG'' 12.94.25; pl. κεῖνται A.''Supp.''242, Ion. κέᾰται Il.11.659, al., [[Herodotus|Hdt.]] (<b class="b3">προσ-κέανται</b> is [[falsa lectio|f.l.]] 1.133, cf. <b class="b3">προσ-κέαται</b>, [[varia lectio|v.l.]] -[[κέονται]], Hp.''Fract.''6), κείᾰται Mimn.11.6 (κατα- Il.24.567), κέονται Il.22.510, Od.16.232, prob. in Alc.94, συγ-κέονται Aret.''SD''2.4; imper. [[κεῖσο]], [[κείσθω]], Il.18.178, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.171; subj. 3sg. κέηται Pl.''Sph.''257c, Lycurg.113, Ep. [[κεῖται]] (fr. <b class="b3">κέψ-ε-ται</b>) Il.19.32, Od.2.102, al., δια-κέησθε Isoc.15.259, κείωνται ''IG''22.1176.21; opt. 3sg. κέοιτο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.67, Hp.''Art.''14 (κατα-), Is.6.32, [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 477a; inf. κεῖσθαι Il.8.126, Hp.''Prog.''3, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.127, al., [[κέεσθαι]] v.l.in ib.2, cf.Hp.Aër.6, Archim. ''Aequil.''1 ''Prooemia'' ; part. κεί μενος Il.7.265, etc.: impf. ἐκείμην Od.13.284, etc., Ep. [[κείμην]] 9.434; Ep. 3sg. κέσκετο 21.41, (παρε-) 14.521; Ion. 3pl. ἐκέατο [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.167, Ep. [[κέατο]] Il.13.763, κείατο 11.162; κεῖντο 21.426, ([[ἐπέ]]-) Od.6.19: fut. κείσομαι Il.18.121, A.''Ch.''895, etc., Dor. [[κεισεῦμαι]] Theoc.3.53. (Cf. Skt. śéte (= [[κεῖται]]), also [[śáyate]] 'lie', Gr. [[κοίτη]], [[κοιμάομαι]], perhaps Lat. [[cunae]], etc.):—to [[be laid]] (used as Pass. to [[τίθημι]]): hence, [[lie]], [[lie outstretched]], used by Hom. mostly with Preps., πυρὴν… ᾗ ἔνι κεῖται Πάτροκλος Il.23.210; κεῖτο παρὰ μνηστῇ ἀλόχῳ 9.556; ἐπὶ γαίῃ 11.162; ὑπ' αἰθούσῃ Od.21.390; also [[ἐπί]] τινος, ὀστέα… κείμεν' ἐπ' ἠπείρου 1.162; τὸ δ' ἥμισυ κεῖτ' ἐπὶ γαίης Il.13.565, cf. 20.345; but <b class="b3">ὁ δ' ἐπ' ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα</b> [[lay stretched]] over... Od.11.577, al.; later <b class="b3">κεῖσθαι εἰς</b>... in pregnant sense, εἰς ἀνάγκην κείμεθ' E.''IT''620; εἰς ὀλίγην κ. κόνιν ''AP''9.677 (Agath.); also <b class="b3">ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν κ.</b> to [[be strewn]] upon the path, Call.''Iamb.''1.250: Archit., <b class="b3">κείμενον σχῆμα</b>, opp. [[ὠρθωμένον]], [[plan]], opp. [[elevation]], Apollod.''Poliorc.''163.3: c.acc., τόπον… ὅντινα κεῖται S.''Ph.''145 (anap.).<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lie down to rest]], [[repose]], Od.13.281, etc.; πορφυρέᾳ κείμενος ἐν χλανίδι Simon.37.12; [[lie]], [[remain]], κεῖτο γὰρ ἐν νήεσσι… Ἀχιλλεύς Il.2.688, cf. 7.230, etc.; οὐ χρῆν ἥσυχον κεῖσθαι πόδα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Fragments|Fr.]]''142.13; [[lie still]], <b class="b3">λασίην ὑπὸ γαστέρ' ἐλυσθεὶς κείμην</b>, of Odysseus under the ram's belly, Od.9.434: metaph., <b class="b3">κακὸν κείμενον</b> a [[sleeping]] evil, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''510 (lyr.); τοῦ κύματος κειμένου Ael.''NA''15.5.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[lie sick]] or [[wounded]], <b class="b3">ἐν νήσῳ κεῖτο</b>, of Philoctetes, Il.2.721, cf. 15.240; κείσεται οὐτηθείς 8.537, cf. 11.659; γήραϊ λυγρῷ κεῖται ἐνὶ μεγάροις ἀρημένος 18.435; κεῖτ' ὀλιγηπελέων Od.5.457; [[lie in misery]], ἐοικότι κεῖται ὀλέθρῳ 1.46; κεῖται ἐν ἄλγεσι θυμός 21.88, cf. S.''Ph.''183 (lyr.); κ. ἐν κακοῖς E.''Ph.''1639, ''Hec.''969; <b class="b3">κειμένῳ ἐπεμπηδᾶν</b> to kick him [[when he's down]], Ar.''Nu.''550.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[lie dead]], Il.5.467, 16.541, al., A.''Ag.''1438, 1446, S.''Ph.''359; κεῖται δὲ νεκρὸς περὶ νεκρῷ Id.''Ant.''1240: rare in Prose, χίλιοι… νεκροὶ κείμενοι [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.25, cf. Hdn. 2.1.8.<br><span class="bld">b</span> freq. also in epitaphs, [[lie buried]], τῇδε κείμεθα Simon. 92, cf. 97; κεῖσαι ζῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον τῶν ὑπὸ γᾶς Id.60; also κ. ἐν Ταρ τάρῳ Pi.''P.''1.15; <b class="b3">ἐν τάφῳ, ἐν Ἅιδου, παρ' Ἅιδῃ</b>, A.''Ch.''895, S.''El.''463, ''OT''972; also in Prose, τὸν χῶρον ἐν τῷ κέοιτο Ὀρέστης [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.67, cf. 4.11,9.105, Th.2.43; <b class="b3">κ.ὑπό τινων</b> to [[be buried]] by... Plu.2.583c.<br><span class="bld">5</span> freq. of a corpse, [[lie unburied]], Il.18.338, 19.32; κεῖται… νέκυς ἄκλαυτος ἄθαπτος 22.386; μὴ δή με ἕλωρ Δαναοῖσιν ἐάσῃς κεῖσθαι 5.685; also <b class="b3">κεῖτ' ἀπόθεστος… ἐν πολλῇ κόπρῳ</b> [[lay uncared for]], of the old hound of Odysseus, Od.17.296; εὐνὴ… κάκ' ἀράχνια κεῖται ἔχουσα 16.35; of places, [[lie in ruins]], δόμοι… χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθ' ἀεί A.''Ch.'' 964 (lyr.), cf. [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 425a, Lyc.252.<br><span class="bld">6</span> of wrestlers, [[have a fall]], A.''Eu.''590; πεσών γε κείσομαι Ar.''Nu.''126.<br><span class="bld">II</span> of places, to [[be situated]], [[lie]], νῆσος ἀπόπροθεν εἰν ἁλὶ κεῖται Od.7.244, cf. 9.25, 10.196, etc.; <b class="b3">ἐν τῇ [γῇ] κείμενά ἐστι τὰ Σοῦσα</b> (for [[κεῖται]]) [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]5.49; Αἴγινα… πρὸς νότου κ. πνοάς A.''Fr.''404; πρὸ Μεγάρων κ. Th.3.51; πόλις αὐτάρκη θέσιν κειμένη Id.1.37; θέσιν κέεσθαι νοσερωτάτην Hp.Aër.6, cf. [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Historia Animalium|HA]]''496a14; <b class="b3">κ. πρὸς τὸν ἥλιον, πρὸς ἄρκτον</b>, Id.''Mete.''360b14,363a3.<br><span class="bld">2</span> of things, [[lie]] or [[be]] in a place, ὅθι οἱ φίλα δέμνι' ἔκειτο Od.8.277; <b class="b3">ἕλε δίφρον κείμενον</b> [[placed there]], 17.331, cf. 410; φόρμιγγα... ἥ που κεῖται ἐν ἡμετέροισι δόμοισι 8.255: in Prose, δύο τράπεζαι ἐκείσθην Lys.13.37; χύτρας εὐκρινῶς κειμένας X.''Oec.''8.19.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[fit]], of shoes, Herod. 7.121.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[κεῖσθαι]], [[posture]], [[attitude]], as a category, [[Aristotle|Arist.]]''[[Categories|Cat.]]''2a2.<br><span class="bld">III</span> to [[be laid up]], [[in store]], of goods, property, etc., δόμοις ἐν κτήματα κεῖται Il.9.382; πολλὰ δ' ἐν ἀφνειοῦ πατρὸς κειμήλια κ. 6.47; <b class="b3">βασιλῆϊ δὲ κεῖται ἄγαλμα</b> [[is reserved]]... 4.144; <b class="b3">μνῆμα ξείνοιο… κέσκετ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισι</b> [[was left lying]]... Od.21.41; of things dedicated to a god, κ. ἐν θησαυρῷ [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.51, cf. 52, Alc.94; of money, [[κείμενα]] [[deposits]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]6.86.ά; κ. σοι εὐεργεσία ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ οἴκῳ Th.1.129, cf. ''SIG''22.15 (Epist. Darei), [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 345a; <b class="b3">πολλὰ χρήματα ἐπὶ τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ κεῖταί μοι</b> at his bank, Isoc.17.44; παρά τινι Pl.''Ep.''346c; <b class="b3">τἀργύριόν σοι κείσεται</b> the caution-money [[shall be deposited]], Ar.''Ra.''624; <b class="b3">δραχ μὴν ὑπόθες</b>.—Answ. κεῖται πάλαι Diph.73.2: metaph., <b class="b3">εἰ ταῦτ' ἀνατὶ τῇδε κείσεται κράτη</b> [[shall be placed to]] her [[credit]], S.''Ant.''485, cf. Pi.''I.'' 5(4).18.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> to [[be placed in position]], τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ τοίχου… κειμένων κιόνων ''IG''12.372.46.<br><span class="bld">2</span> to [[be set up]], [[ordained]], ἄεθλα κεῖτ' ἐν ἀγῶνι Il.23.273, cf. [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]8.26,93, Th.2.46; ὅπλων ἔκειτ' ἀγὼν πέρι [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Ajax|Aj.]]'' 936 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> of laws, <b class="b3">κεῖται νόμος</b> the law [[is laid down]], E.''Hec.'' 292; νόμοι ἐπ' ὠφελίᾳ τῶν ἀδικουμένων κεῖνται Th.2.37; νόμοι κεῖνται περί τινος Antipho 6.2; <b class="b3">οἱ νόμοι οἱ κείμενοι</b> the [[established]] laws, Ar.''Pl.''914, cf. Lys.1.48, etc.; οἱ ὑπὸ τῶν θεῶν κείμενοι νόμοι [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Memorabilia|Mem.]]'' 4.4.21; οἱ νόμοι οἱ ὑπὸ οἱ τῶν βασιλέων κείμενοι Isoc.1.36, cf. D.24.62; καινὰ κεῖσθαι θέσμι' ἀνθρώποις E.''Med.''494; <b class="b3">αἱ κείμεναι ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπατικῶν γνῶμαι</b> the votes [[given]] by... D.H.7.47; <b class="b3">οὐκέτι κ. ἡ διαθήκη</b> no longer [[holds]], Is.6.32; so of philosophical arguments, [[hold good]], κατά τινων Phld.''Rh.''1.51 S.; θάνατος ὧν κεῖται πέρι [[Euripides|E.]]''[[Ion]]'' 750; κείμεναι ζημίαι Lys.14.9, cf. Th.3.45.<br><span class="bld">4</span> to [[be laid down in argument]], [[be posited]], [[be assumed]], τοῦτο ἡμῖν οὕτω κείσθω [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Republic|R.]]'' 350d, etc.; ὡμολογημένον ἡμῖν κ. Id.''Plt.''300e; freq. in Arist., κείσθω [[let it be assumed]], [[Apr]]. 34b23,al.; <b class="b3">τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς κείμενον</b> the [[assumption]], Metaph.1008b2, 1047b10(pl.); τὰ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἐν τοῖς περὶ ῥητορικῆς κ. ''Po.''1456a35.<br><span class="bld">5</span> of names, <b class="b3">οὔνομα κεῖται</b> the name [[is given]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]4.184, 7.200, cf. [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.2.12, Pl.''Sph.''257c, etc.; <b class="b3">ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς κείμενον [ὄνομα]</b> Is.3.32; [[κεῖσθαι]] without [[ὄνομα]], [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Cratylus|Cra.]]''392d; <b class="b3">κείμενα ὀόματα</b> [[established]] terms, Arist. ''Top.''140a3, Demetr.''Eloc.''96.<br><span class="bld">6</span> metaph., <b class="b3">πάντα δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως βροτοῖς κεῖται, παθεῖν μὲν εὖ, παθεῖν δὲ θάτερα</b> danger [[is set before]] men, that they may... S.''Ph.''503.<br><span class="bld">V</span> metaph., of continuing conditions, <b class="b3">ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πένθος ἔκειτο</b> [[lay heavy]], Od.24.423; <b class="b3">εὔστομα κείσθω</b> [[remain]] unspoken, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]2.171; <b class="b3">νεῖκος ἔκειτό τισι</b> there [[was]] an [[enduring]] feud, [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Tyrannus|OT]]''491 (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἑλλήνων κείσομαι ἐν στόματι</b> my name [[shall be a household word]], AP9.62 (Even.); πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασιν Thgn.240; εὖ κείμενα A.''Ch.''693; <b class="b3">μὴ κινεῖν</b> (''[[sc.]]'' [[κακὸν]]) <b class="b3"> εὖ κείμενον</b> 'let sleeping dogs lie', [[Plato|Pl.]]''[[Philebus|Phlb.]]'' 15c, cf. Hyp. ''Fr.''30, Suid.<br><span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b3">ταῦτα θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται</b>, i.e. these things [[are]] yet [[in the power of]] the gods, to give or not, Il.17.514, 20.435.<br><span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b3">κεῖσθαι ἔν τινι</b> [[to rest entirely]] or [[be dependent]] on him, ἐν ἀγαθοῖσι κ. πολίων κυβερνάσιες Pi.''P.''10.71; ἐν ὔμμι ὡς θεῷ κείμεθα [[Sophocles|S.]]''[[Oedipus Coloneus|OC]]''248 (lyr.); also ἐπί τινι, τὰ δ' οὐκ ἐπ' ἀνδράσι κ. Pi.''P.''8.76: also with simple dat., Λεωφίλῳ πάντα κεῖται Archil.69, prob.in ''Com.Adesp.''1325; of things, [[depend upon]], τὸ πανηγυρικὸν ἐν μελέτῃ καὶ τριβῇ κ. Phld.''Rh.''1.93 S.; τὰ… γυμνάσια ἐν τῇ κινήσει κ. Antyll. ap. Orib.6.23.1.<br><span class="bld">4</span> Medic., to [[be left to settle]], of urine, Hp.''Epid.''1.26.β.<br><span class="bld">b</span> <b class="b3">φάρυγξ οὐ φλεγμαίνουσα</b>, <b class="b3">κειμένη δέ</b>, i.e. not swollen, ib.2.2.24.<br><span class="bld">5</span> Gramm., of words and phrases, to [[be found]], [[occur]], παρὰ τῷ ποιητῃ Str.7.3.6, cf. Ath.2.58b; κεῖται ἐν τῷ Περὶ Πλούτου Phld.''Oec.'' p.39 J.; <b class="b3">ποῦ κεῖται</b>; Ath.4.165d, cf. <b class="b3">Κειτούκειτος; κ. ἀντί τινος</b> to [[be used]] instead of... Str.8.6.7; <b class="b3">τὸ κείμενον</b> the [[received text]], Sch.vulg.Pi.''O.''2.48.