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κατάκειμαι 1 2 3 Pass., only in pres. and imperf. 4

1.to lie down, lie outstretched, Hom., Ar.; κατακείω used as fut. of κατάκειμαι κατακείετε οἴκαδ᾽ ἰόντες, Od.; σπείσαντες κατακείομεν (epic for -κείωμεν), id=Od.; κακκείοντες ἔβαν (epic part.) they went to lie down, Hom.
2.to lie hid, lurk, Hom.
3.to lie stored up, Lat. reponi, Il., Hes.
4.to lie sick, Hdt.:— also to lie idle, Xen.
5.to recline at meals, Lat. accumbere, πῖνε, κατάκεισο Ar.
6.of land, to lie sloping to the sea (so Hor. Usticae cubantis), Pind.

1 epic 3rd pl. κατακείαται

2 ionic -κέαται

3 subj. -κέωμαι

4 fut. mid. -κείσομαι

Liddell and Scott. An Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1889.

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