Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon

A.place for lying down or reclining: hence,

I. hut, shed, booth, 1. for use in peace, cot, cabin, once in Il., 18.589, cf. Od.14.194, al.

2. for use in war, hut, κ. εὔπηκτος, εὔτυκτος, Il.9.663, 10.566; “κ. ὑψηλή” 24.448: freq. in pl., camp, 1.487, al.; “πῦρ ἐν κλισίῃσι βαλόντες” Od.8.501:—not common after Hom. (σκηνή being used), B.12.135, etc.: used by Trag. in lyr. and anap., A.Fr.131, S.Aj.190, 1407, E.IA189: later with various meanings, Βάκχου κλισίαι, of wine-shops, IG14.889 (Sinuessa); εὐσεβέων κλισίη, of the grave, Epigr.Gr.237.4 (Smyrna, ii/i B.C.), cf. IG12(5).1104 (Syros, ii A.D.); chapel, “ἡ κ. ἡ ἱερά” BCH51.220 (Thasos), cf. Arch.Pap.1.219, IG42(1).123.131 (Epid.); cf. κλεισία.

II. anything for lying or sitting upon, couch or easy chair, Od.4.123; “κ. δινωτὴν ἐλέφαντι καὶ ἀργύρῳ” 19.55; “ἐπ᾽ ἀλλοτρίαν κ. ἐρχόμενος” IG22.1368.74.

2. couch for reclining on at table, Pi.P.4.133 (pl.); “ᾧ ξυνὴν εἶχον ἐγὼ κ.” Call.Aet.1.1.8; place on such couch, “κ. ἄτιμος” Plu.Ant.59, 2.148f; “κ. ἄδοξος” Hegesand.18.

3. nuptial bed, E.Alc.994, IT857.

III. company of people sitting at meals, Ev.Luc.9.14; banquet, “εὐωχίαι τε καὶ κ.” Onos.35.5; room for company, Luc.Am.12.

IV. way of lying, decubitus, Hp.Epid.7.25; “τὸ σχῆμα τῆς κ.” Plu.Sert.26.