κοῖτος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), unrelated to Latin coitus.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kôi̯.tos/ → /ˈcy.tos/ → /ˈci.tos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kôi̯.tos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.tos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.tos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.tos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.tos/

Noun

κοῖτος • (koîtos) m (genitive κοίτου); second declension

1. resting place
2. bed
3. sleep

Inflection

Second declension of ὁ κοῖτος; τοῦ κοίτου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ὁ κοῖτος ho koîtos	τὼ κοίτω tṑ koítō	οἱ κοῖτοι hoi koîtoi
Genitive	τοῦ κοίτου toû koítou	τοῖν κοίτοιν toîn koítoin	τῶν κοίτων tôn koítōn
Dative	τῷ κοίτῳ tôi koítōi	τοῖν κοίτοιν toîn koítoin	τοῖς κοίτοις toîs koítois
Accusative	τὸν κοῖτον tòn koîton	τὼ κοίτω tṑ koítō	τοὺς κοίτους toùs koítous
Vocative	κοῖτε koîte	κοίτω koítō	κοῖτοι koîtoi
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Second declension of κοῖτος; κοίτου (Epic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	κοῖτος koîtos	κοίτω koítō	κοῖτοι koîtoi
Genitive	κοίτου / κοιτοῖο / κοίτοιο / κοιτόο / κοίτοο koítou / koitoîo / koítoio / koitóo / koítoo	κοίτοιῐν koítoiin	κοίτων koítōn
Dative	κοίτῳ koítōi	κοίτοιῐν koítoiin	κοίτοισῐ / κοίτοισῐν / κοίτοις koítoisi(n) / koítois
Accusative	κοῖτον koîton	κοίτω koítō	κοίτους koítous
Vocative	κοῖτε koîte	κοίτω koítō	κοῖτοι koîtoi
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms may be based on conjecture. Use with caution.

References

• “κοῖτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κοῖτος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “κοῖτος”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• κοῖτος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette