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|Definition=ἡ<b class="b3">, (κεῖμαι)</b> <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> = [[κοῖτος]] 1, once in Hom., <span class="bibl">Od.19.341</span> (v.l. [[οἴκῳ]]); <b class="b2">bedstead</b>, IG12.330.16, al., Wilcken <span class="title">Chr.</span>244.3 (iii B.C.), etc.; esp. <b class="b2">marriage-bed</b>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Supp.</span>804</span> (lyr.), <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Tr.</span>17</span>; οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Fr.</span>546</span>; τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>152</span> (lyr.), etc.; <b class="b3">ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον</b> ib.<span class="bibl">436</span> (lyr.); also <b class="b3">πετρίνη κοίτη</b>, of a cave, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">Ph.</span>160</span> (anap.); <b class="b3">τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ</b>. on a sick-<b class="b2">bed</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>132</span> (lyr.); <b class="b3">κοίταν δ' ἔχει νέρθεν</b>, of one dead, <span class="bibl">S.<span class="title">OC</span>1706</span> (lyr.); κ. σκληρά <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>942d</span>, <span class="bibl">Aret.<span class="title">CA</span>1.1</span>: pl., ἔννυχοι κ. <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">P.</span>11.25</span>; νυμφίδιοι κ. <span class="bibl">E. <span class="title">Alc.</span>249</span> (lyr.): metaph., of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις . . εὕδοι πεσών <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>566</span>; of the <b class="b2">bed</b> of a river, <span class="bibl">Procop.<span class="title">Aed.</span>5.5</span>, <span class="bibl">Phlp.<span class="title">in Ph.</span> 586.21</span>, <span class="bibl">Lyd.<span class="title">Mens.</span>4.10</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">lair</b> of a wild beast, <b class="b2">nest</b> of a bird, etc., <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Ion</span> 155</span> (lyr.); χελιδόνων <span class="bibl">Aët.16.15</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ποιεῖσθαι</b>, of the spider, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>623a12</span>; of the fish <b class="b3">ἐξώκοιτος</b>, <span class="bibl">Thphr.<span class="title">Fr.</span>171.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">quarters</b>, τῶν φυλακιτῶν <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span>1007.14</span> (iii B.C.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PTeb.</span>179</span> (ii B.C.); v. infr. VI. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">pen, fold</b> for cattle, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PLips.</span>118.15</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">act of going to bed</b>, <b class="b3">τῆς κοίτης ὥρη</b> <b class="b2">bed</b>-time, <span class="bibl">Hdt.1.10</span>, <span class="bibl">5.20</span>; <b class="b3">τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι</b> to entertain 'at <b class="b2">bed</b> and board', ibid.; <b class="b3">τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον</b> for <b class="b2">going to bed</b>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>2.3.1</span> (but <b class="b3">κεῖσθαι κοίταν</b> <b class="b2">to lie still</b> in death, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Ag.</span>1494</span> (lyr.)). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b2">lodging, entertainment</b>, PTeb. 122.1 (i B.C.), al. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">IV</span> of <b class="b2">sexual connexion</b>, κ. διδόναι <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Nu.</span>5.20</span>, cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Le.</span>18.20</span>; <b class="b3">κ. σπέρματος</b> ib.<span class="bibl">15.16</span>; <b class="b3">κ. ἔχειν ἐκ</b> . . to become pregnant by a man, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ep.Rom.</span>9.10</span>; in bad sense, <b class="b2">lasciviousness</b>, ib. <span class="bibl">13.13</span> (pl.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">V</span> <b class="b2">parcel, lot</b> of land, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PAmh.</span>2.88.9</span> (ii A.D.), <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PRyl.</span> 168.9</span> (ii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">VI</span> <b class="b2">chest, case</b>, or <b class="b2">basket</b>, <span class="bibl">Pherecr.122</span>, <span class="bibl">Eup.76</span>, <span class="title">IG</span> 22.120.37,40, <span class="bibl">Men.129.2</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">PPetr.</span>2p.10</span> (iii B.C., unless in signf. <span class="bibl">1.3</span>), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Ep.Sat.</span>21</span>; αἱ μυστικαὶ κ. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Phoc.</span>28</span>.</span>

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