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κοίτη

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Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (to lie down), the same root of κεῖμαι (keîmai, to lie in a place).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κοίτη (koítēf (genitive κοίτης); first declension

  1. bed, resting place
    Synonyms: εὐνή (eunḗ), κλίνη (klínē), κράββατος (krábbatos)
  2. (geography) riverbed
  3. lair of a wild beast
  4. pen, fold for cattle
  5. act of going to bed; bedtime
  6. lodging, entertainment
  7. (Septuagint, New Testament) (conjugal) context wherein sexual activity occurs
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 49:4:
      ...ἀνέβης γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην τοῦ πατρός σου, τότε ἐμίανας τὴν στρωμνήν, οὗ ἀνέβης.
      ...anébēs gàr epì tḕn koítēn toû patrós sou, tóte emíanas tḕn strōmnḗn, hoû anébēs.
    • 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Leviticus 20:13:
      καὶ ὃς ἂν κοιμηθῇ μετὰ ἄρσενος κοίτην γυναικός...
      kaì hòs àn koimēthêi metà ársenos koítēn gunaikós...
    • The Epistle to the Hebrews, 13:4
      Τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, πόρνους γὰρ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός.

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Greek: κοίτη (koíti)

References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεῖμαι (> DER > 1. > κοίτη)”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 663-4

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Greek

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίτη (koítē).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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κοίτη (koítif (plural κοίτες)

  1. river bed
  2. (archaic, very rare, law) bed (used only in legal expression:)[1]
    χωρισμός από τραπέζης και κοίτης
    chorismós apó trapézis kai koítis
    lit.: "separation of table and bed". Legal separation.

Declension

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Declension of κοίτη
singular plural
nominative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)
genitive κοίτης (koítis) κοιτών (koitón)
accusative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)
vocative κοίτη (koíti) κοίτες (koítes)

Synonyms

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References

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  1. ^ κοίτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language