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|Definition=ἡ, ([[κεῖμαι]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> = [[κοῖτος]] 1, once in Hom., Od.19.341 ([[varia lectio|v.l.]] [[οἴκῳ]]); [[bedstead]], IG12.330.16, al., Wilcken ''Chr.''244.3 (iii B.C.), etc.; esp. [[marriage]]-[[bed]], A.''Supp.''804 (lyr.), S.''Tr.''17; οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον Id.''Fr.''546; τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος E.''Med.''152 (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον</b> ib.436 (lyr.); also <b class="b3">πετρίνη κοίτη</b>, of a [[cave]], S.''Ph.''160 (anap.); <b class="b3">τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ.</b> on a [[sick]]-[[bed]], E.''Hipp.''132 (lyr.); <b class="b3">κοίταν δ' ἔχει νέρθεν</b>, of one [[dead]], S.''OC''1706 (lyr.); κ. σκληρά Pl.''Lg.''942d, Aret.''CA''1.1: pl., ἔννυχοι κ. Pi.''P.''11.25; νυμφίδιοι κ. E. ''Alc.''249 (lyr.): metaph., of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις… εὕδοι πεσών A.''Ag.''566; of the [[bed]] of a [[river]], Procop.''Aed.''5.5, Phlp.''in Ph.'' 586.21, Lyd.''Mens.''4.10.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[lair]] of a [[wild]] [[beast]], [[nest]] of a bird, etc., E.''Ion'' 155 (lyr.); χελιδόνων Aët.16.15; κ. [[ποιεῖσθαι]], of the [[spider]], Arist.''HA''623a12; of the [[fish]] [[ἐξώκοιτος]], [[Theophrastus]] ''Fragmenta'' 171.1.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[quarter]]s, τῶν φυλακιτῶν ''BGU''1007.14 (iii B.C.), cf. ''PTeb.''179 (ii B.C.); v. infr. VI.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[pen]], [[fold]] for [[cattle]], ''PLips.''118.15 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[act]] of [[go]]ing to [[bed]], <b class="b3">τῆς κοίτης ὥρη</b> [[bed]]-[[time]], [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]1.10, 5.20; <b class="b3">τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι</b> to [[entertain]] 'at [[bed]] and [[board]]', ibid.; <b class="b3">τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον</b> for [[going to bed]], [[Xenophon|X.]]''[[Cyropaedia|Cyr.]]''2.3.1 (but <b class="b3">κεῖσθαι κοίταν</b> to [[lie]] [[still]] in [[death]], A.''Ag.''1494 (lyr.)).<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[lodging]], [[entertainment]], PTeb. 122.1 (i B.C.), al.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> of [[sexual]] [[connection]], κ. [[διδόναι]] [[LXX]] ''Nu.''5.20, cf. ''Le.''18.20; κ. [[σπέρμα]]τος ib.15.16; <b class="b3">κ. ἔχειν ἐκ</b>… to [[become]] [[pregnant]] by a [[man]], ''Ep.Rom.''9.10; in bad sense, [[lasciviousness]], ib. 13.13 (pl.).<br><span class="bld">V</span> [[parcel]], [[lot]] of [[land]], ''PAmh.''2.88.9 (ii A.D.), ''PRyl.'' 168.9 (ii A.D.).<br><span class="bld">VI</span> [[chest]], [[case]], or [[basket]], Pherecr.122, Eup.76, ''IG'' 22.120.37,40, Men.129.2, ''PPetr.''2p.10 (iii B.C., unless in signf. 1.3), Luc.''Ep.Sat.''21; αἱ μυστικαὶ κ. Plu.''Phoc.''28.