A.= κοιμάω, put to sleep, “κ. ὄμμα” E.Rh.826 (lyr.); “σὲ . . ἐκοίμισεν᾽ Αδρήστεια λείκνῳ ἐνὶ χρυσέῳ” Call.Jov.47; harbour for the night, “οἶκος ἐν ᾧ τοὺς ξένους κοιμίζουσιν” Dosiad. ap. Ath.4.143c, cf. LXX 3 Ki.3.20; still, calm, ἄημα πνευμάτων ἐκοίμισε στένοντα πόντον, i.e. the winds suffered the sea to rest—by ceasing, S.Aj.674; θάλασσαν ἀγρίαν ἐκοίμισαν (sc. οἱ δαίμονες) AP9.290 (Phil.): metaph., κ. τὸν λύχνον put it out, Nicopho 7; μεγαλαγορίαν κ. lay pride to sleep, quench, stifle it, E.Ph.184 (lyr.); “κ. θυμόν” Pl.Lg.873a; “τὰς λύπας” X.Smp.2.24; “πόθον” AP12.19*（Mel.); ἐλπίδας οὐ θάλαμος κοίμισεν, ἀλλὰ τάφος ib.7.183 (Parmen.):—Pass., “παῖς κοιμίζεται” E.Hec.826; “τὸ θηριῶδες κ.” Pl. R.591b.
κοιμ-ίζω , post-Hom.,
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.
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