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

|ptext=[[https://www.translatum.gr/images/pape/pape-01-1411.png Seite 1411]] (κεω, vgl. [[κείω]]), κεῖσαι, auch κεῖαι, H. h. Merc. 254, κεῖται, ion. [[κέεται]], Her., bei Luc. de dea Syr. κέαται; κεῖνται, ep. u. ion. (κείαται u.) κέαται, Il. 16, 24 u. öfter, κέονται, Od. 16, 232 Il. 22, 510; conj. κέωμαι, κῆται, 19, 32 Od. 2, 102, wofür Buttmann κεῖται als alte Conjunctivsorm beibehalten wollte; inf. κεῖσθαι, ion. [[κέεσθαι]], Hippocr., partic. κείμενος. – Impf. ἐκείμην, ἔκειτο u. κεῖτο, Hom. auch [[κέσκετο]], Od. 21, 41; ἔκειντο, κείατο, Il. 11, 192 u. öfter; auch κέατο, 13, 763. – Fut. κείσομαι, dor. κεισεῦμαι, Theocr. 3, 53. – 1) <b class="b2">liegen</b>, sowohl von Menschen u. Thieren, als von leblosen Dingen; – a) schlafend daliegen, schlafen, ruhen, Hom. u. Folgde; auch müssig daliegen, rasten, unthätig, unbeschäftigt sein, Il. 2, 688. 7, 230. 18, 121 u. sonst. – b) schwach, ohnmächtig, krank, verwundet daliegen, Il. 2, 721. 8, 537. 11, 659. 15, 240. 18, 435 Od. 5, 457. – c) todt daliegen, oft im Hom.; auch von den Begrabenen, κεῖται θανών Aesch. Pers. 317, κεῖσαι δ' [[ἀράχνης]] ἐν ὑφάσματι τῷδε Ag. 1471, ἐν ταὐτῷ τάφῳ κείσῃ Ch. 882, κεῖται δὲ νεκρὸς περὶ νεκρῷ Soph. Ant. 1225, νεοσφαγὴς κεῖται Ai. 883, κεῖται παρ' Ἅιδῃ Πόλυβος O. R. 972, ἐν Ἅιδο υ κείμενος El. 455, ἐν Ταρτάρῳ Pind. P. 1, 15, οἱ μὲν ἐν χωστοῖς τάφοις κεῖνται πεσόντες Eur. Rhes. 415; Her. 1, 67 u. öfter; Plat. Menex. 242 d; bes. in späterer Prosa, Hdn. 2, 1, 19. 7, 5, 15. – Hingeworfen, hingestreckt sein, von den Ringern, Ar. Nubb. 126; οὐ κειμένῳ πω τόνδε κομπάζεις λόγον Aesch. Eum. 560. – Von verwüsteten Städten, in Schutt u. Trümmern liegen, Sp., wie Lycophr. 252; ἐπανορθοῦσα εἴ τι τῆς πόλεως ἔκειτο Plat. Rep. IV, 425 a. – d) im dauernden Unglück liegen; Od. 1, 46. 21, 88; πάντων [[ἄμμορος]] ἐν βίῳ κεῖται Soph. Phil. 138; ἐν οἵοις κείμεθ' ἄθλιοι κακοῖς Eur. Phoen. 1633. – e) weggeworfen, vernachlässigt, verachtet daliegen, Il. 5, 685 Od. 17, 296 u. öfter, bes. von den unbestattet daliegenden Todten; Aesch. ἄναγε μάν, δόμοι, πολὺν [[ἄγαν]] χρόνον χαμαιπετεῖς ἔκεισθ' ἀεί Ch. 964. – 2) von Gegenden, Inseln, Städten, gelegen sein; Od. 7, 244. 9, 25. 10, 196; Aesch. frg. 316; Eur. Bacch. 18; [[πόλις]], Ἀττική, Her. 1, 178. 6, 139; auch umschrieben, ἐν τῇ γῇ κείμενά ἐστι τὰ Σοῦσα, wie unser »ist gelegen«, 5, 49; Thuc. oft, u. Folgde; [[πόλις]] αὐτάρκη θέσιν κειμένη, eine Stadt von einer sich selbst genügenden Lage, Thuc. 1, 37, wie Hippocr. sagt τὰς πόλιας ταύτας θέσιν [[κέεσθαι]] νοσερωτάτην, sie haben eine sehr ungesunde Lage. – Eben so von Sachen = sich an einem Orte befinden, sein; [[δίφρος]], [[θρῆνυς]] κεῖται, Od. 17, 331. 410; [[εὐνή]], 16, 35; [[οἶκος]], 24, 358; [[κέσκετο]] [[μνῆμα]] 21, 41; [[θρόνος]], [[κλίνη]], [[χαλκήϊον]], Her. 1, 9. 181. 4, 81; [[δίφρος]], Plat. Rep. I, 328 c. – In vielen Vrbdgn entspricht es dem act. [[τίθημι]] u. vertritt die Stelle des perf. pass. τέθειμαι, gestellt, gelegt sein; εἰς ἀνάγκην κείμεθα Eur. I. T. 620; εἰς ὀλίγην κεῖται κόνιν Agath. 51 (IX, 677); [[κεῖμαι]] εἰς [[Ἄϊδος]] εὐνάς Ep. ad. 677 (App. 260); niedergelegt, aufbewahrt u. dah. vorräthig sein; κτήματα, κειμήλια κεῖται ἐν δόμοις u. ä.; oft Hom.; βασιλῆϊ δὲ κεῖται [[ἄγαλμα]] Il. 4, 144; ähnl. κείσεταί σοι [[εὐεργεσία]] ἐν τῷ ἡμετέρῳ οἴκῳ [[ἀνάγραπτος]] Thuc. 1, 129; von der an der Wand hangenden Lyra, Od. 8, 225; von dem unter dem Bauche des Widders hangenden Odysseus, 9, 434; τράπεζαι ἔκειντο Lys. 13, 37; εὐκρινῶς κειμένας χύτρας Xen. Oec. 8, 19. – Uebertr. von Gemüthszuständen, [[πένθος]] ἐνὶ φρεσὶ κεῖται, Trauer ist in, liegt auf der Seele, Od. 24, 423; θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, es liegt in den Knieen, d. h. in der Macht der Götter, hängt von ihrer Bestimmung, ihrem Willen ab; ἐν ὑμῖν ὡς θεῷ κείμεθα Soph. O. C. 247, wir ruhen in euch, hangen von euch ab, unsere Hoffnungen beruhen auf euch; ἐν γὰρ τῇ κλυτὰ πείρατα κεῖται ἀέθλων Ap. Rh. 2, 424; ἐν τῇ συγκλήτῳ κεῖται, es steht beim Senat, hängt von ihm ab, Pol. 6, 15, 6; vgl. Schäfer zu D. Hal. de C. V. 439. – Bes. tritt das Verhältniß zu [[τίθημι]] hervor in folgenden Vrbdgn: – a) κεῖται [[ἄεθλον]], der Kampfpreis ist ausgesetzt, Il. 23, 723; Her. 8, 26. 93; ὅπλων ἔκειτ' ἀγὼν πέρι Soph. Ai. 916; auch [[νεῖκος]], O. R. 490. – b) vom Gesetz; [[νόμος]] τοῖς τ' ἐλευθέροις [[ἴσος]] καὶ τοῖσι δούλοις αἵματος κεῖται πέρι, ist gegeben, besteht, Eur. Hec. 292; καινὰ κεῖσθαι θέσμ' ἐν ἀνθρώποις [[τανῦν]] Med. 494; βοηθεῖν τοῖς νόμοις τοῖς κειμένοις, den bestehenden, vorhandenen Gesetzen, = τοῖς τεθειμένοις, Ac. Plut. 914; νόμων ὅσοι ἐπ' ὠφελείᾳ τῶν ἀδικουμένων κεῖνται, die zum Nutzen der Beleidigten gegeben worden, Thuc. 2, 37, neben ὅσοι ἄγραφοι ὄντες; oft in Prosa νόμοι, νόμιμα, Plat. Legg. IV, 705 d XI, 930 e Polit. 300 d; νόμοι κεῖνται [[περί]] τινος Antiph. 6, 1 u. sonst; auch πάτρια ἔθη, Plat. Polit. 299 d; auch mit ὑπό verbunden, Xen. Hem. 4, 4, 21, wie Dem. τῷ ὑφ' [[ἑαυτοῦ]] πρότερον κειμένῳ νόμῳ [[τἀναντία]] [[θεῖναι]], 24, 62; [[νόμος]] κείμενος dem [[καινός]] entgeggstzt, 24, 25, womit Is. 6, 32 zu vgl., ὡς [[οὐκέτι]] [[κέοιτο]] ἡ [[συνθήκη]], nicht mehr bestehe; eben so κείμεναι ζημίαι, Lys. 14, 9, die gesetzlich bestimmten, festgesetzten Strafen, wie Thuc. 3, 45; Plat. Legg. X, 909 d, der auch τὰ ἐν γράμμασι τεθέντα καὶ κείμενα vrbdt, VII, 793 b; das Ausgesprochene, Festgesetzte, ἐπεκύρουν τὰς κειμένας ὑπὸ τῶν ὑπατικῶν γνώμας D. Hal. 7, 47; ὡμολογημένον ἡμῖν κεῖται Plat. Polit. 300 e; τοῦτο ἡμῖν οὕτω κείσθω, es soll so bestimmt, festgesetzt sein, Soph. 250 e. – Bes. bei Sp. κεῖται [[παρά]] τινι, es findet sich bei einem Schriftsteller, wird bei ihm gelesen, vgl. Ath. II, 58 b IV, 165 d. – c) vom Namen, κεῖται [[ὄνομα]], der Name ist gegeben, Her. 4, 184; τῷ [[οὔνομα]] κεῖται Δύρας, er heißt Dyras, 7, 198; ὀρθῶς αὐτῷ τὸ [[ὄνομα]] κεῖται Plat. Crat. 395 c; περὶ ἅττ' ἂν κέηται τὰ ὀνόματα Soph. 257 c; Xen. ὁ μὲν ἀλαζὼν ἔμοιγε δοκεῖ [[ὄνομα]] κεῖσθαι ἐπὶ τοῖς Cyr. 2, 2, 12. – d) bei Adverbien; εὖ κεάμενα, das im guten Zustande Befindliche, Aesch. Ch. 682; ὡς πάντα δεινὰ κἀπικινδύνως βροτοῖς κεῖται Soph. Phil. 501; εἰ ταῦτ' ἀνατεὶ [[τῇδε]] κείσεται κράτη Ant. 481; εὖ κειμένων τῶν πρηγμάτων Her. 8, 102; μὴ κινεῖν εὖ κείμενον Plat. Phil. 15 e. – e) vom Gelde; κἄν τι πηρώσω γέ σοι τὸν παῖδα τύπτων, τἀργύριόν σοι κείσεται, das Geld soll erlegt werden, daliegen, Ar. Ran. 627; πολλὰ χρήματα ἐπὶ τῇ τούτου τραπέζῃ κεῖταί μοι, ist bei diesem Wechsler angelegt, Isocr. 17, 44; [[παρά]] τινι Plat. Epist. VII, 436 c. – f) von Weihgeschenken, die in den Tempeln niedergelegt od. aufgestellt sind, [[ἀνάθημα]] κεῖται θεῷ.