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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. [[śéte]] ( = [[κεῖται]]), also [[śáyate]] 'lie', Gr. <b class="b3">κοίτη, κοιμάομαι</b>, perh. Lat. [[cunae]], etc.):—[[to be laid]] (used as Pass. to <b class="b3">τίθημι</b>): hence, [[lie]], [[lie outstretched]], 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> [[lay stretched]] 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>. [[to be strewn]] 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>, [[plan]], 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>; [[lie]], [[remain]], 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>; [[lie still]], <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 [[sleeping]] 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> [[lie sick]] or [[wounded]], <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>; [[lie in misery]], 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> [[lie dead]], <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, [[lie buried]], 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> [[to be buried]] by... Plu.2.583c. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> freq. of a corpse, [[lie unburied]], <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> [[lay uncared for]], 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, [[lie in ruins]], 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, [[have a fall]], <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, [[to be situated]], [[lie]], 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, [[lie]] or [[be]] in a place, ὅθι οἱ φίλα δέμνι' ἔκειτο <span class="bibl">Od.8.277</span>; <b class="b3">ἕλε δίφρον κείμενον</b> [[placed there]], <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> [[fit]], 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>, [[posture]], [[attitude]], 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> [[is reserved]]... <span class="bibl">4.144</span>; <b class="b3">μνῆμα ξείνοιο… κέσκετ' ἐνὶ μεγάροισι</b> [[was left lying]]... <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> [[deposits]], <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 [[shall be deposited]], <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> [[shall be placed to]] her [[credit]], <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> [[to be placed in position]], 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 [[is laid down]], <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 [[established]] 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 [[given]] by... <span class="bibl">D.H.7.47</span>; <b class="b3">οὐκέτι κ. ἡ διαθήκη</b> no longer [[holds]], <span class="bibl">Is.6.32</span>; so of philosophical arguments, [[hold good]], 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 [[assumption]], [[Metaph]].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 [[is given]], <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> [[established]] 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 [[is set before]] 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> [[lay heavy]], <span class="bibl">Od.24.423</span>; <b class="b3">εὔστομα κείσθω</b> [[remain]] unspoken, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.171</span>; <b class="b3">νεῖκος ἔκειτό τισι</b> there [[was]] an [[enduring]] feud, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OT</span>491</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">Ἑλλήνων κείσομαι ἐν στόματι</b> my name [[shall be a household word]], 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 [[are]] yet [[in the power of]] 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> [[to rest entirely]] or [[be dependent]] 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, [[depend upon]], 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., [[to be left to settle]], 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, [[to be found]], [[occur]], 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> [[to be used]] instead of... <span class="bibl">Str.8.6.7</span>; <b class="b3">τὸ κείμενον</b> the [[received text]], Sch.vulg.<span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">O.</span>2.48</span>.</span>