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κεῖμαι ,
A.κεῖσαιIl.19.319, etc. (“κατά-κειαιh.Merc.254, Arc. κεῖοι Tab.Defix. in Philol.59.201), “κεῖταιIl.6.47, Hdt.1.9,4.62 (v.l.κέεται), IG 12.94.25; pl. “κεῖνταιA.Supp.242, Ion. “κέα^ταιIl.11.659, al., Hdt. (προσ-κέανται is f.l. 1.133, cf. προσ-κέαται, v.l. -κέονται, Hp.Fract.6), “κεία^ταιMimn.11.6 (κατα- Il.24.567), “κέονταιIl.22.510, Od.16.232, prob. in Alc.94, “συγ-κέονταιAret.SD2.4; imper. κεῖσο, κείσθω, Il.18.178, Hdt.2.171; subj. 3sg. “κέηταιPl.Sph.257c, Lycurg.113, Ep. κεῖται (fr. κέψ-ε-ται) Il.19.32, Od.2.102, al., “δια-κέησθεIsoc.15.259, “κείωνταιIG22.1176.21; opt. 3sg. “κέοιτοHdt.1.67, Hp.Art.14 (κατα-), Is.6.32, Pl.R.477a; inf. “κεῖσθαιIl.8.126, Hp.Prog.3, Hdt.2.127, al., κέεσθαι v.l.in ib.2, cf.Hp.Aër.6, Archim. Aequil.1 Prooem.; part. “κεί μενοςIl.7.265, etc.: impf. “ἐκείμηνOd.13.284, etc., Ep. “κείμην9.434; Ep. 3sg. “κέσκετο21.41, (παρε-) 14.521; Ion. 3pl. “ἐκέατοHdt.1.167, Ep. “κέατοIl.13.763, “κείατο11.162; “κεῖντο21.426, (ἐπέ-) Od.6.19: fut. “κείσομαιIl.18.121, A.Ch.895, etc., Dor. “κεισεῦμαιTheoc.3.53. (Cf. Skt. śéte ( = κεῖται), also śáyate 'lie', Gr. κοίτη, κοιμάομαι, perh. Lat. cunae, etc.):—to be laid (used as Pass. to τίθημι): hence, lie, lie outstretched, used by Hom. mostly with Preps., “πυρὴν . . ἔνι κεῖται ΠάτροκλοςIl.23.210; “κεῖτο παρὰ μνηστῇ ἀλόχῳ9.556; “ἐπὶ γαίῃ11.162; “ὑπ᾽ αἰθούσῃOd.21.390; also “ἐπί τινος, ὀστέα . . κείμεν᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἠπείρου1.162; “τὸ δ᾽ ἥμισυ κεῖτ᾽ ἐπὶ γαίηςIl.13.565, cf. 20.345; but δ᾽ ἐπ᾽ ἐννέα κεῖτο πέλεθρα lay stretched over . . , Od.11.577, al.; later κεῖσθαι εἰς . . , in pregnant sense, “εἰς ἀνάγκην κείμεθ᾽E.IT620; “εἰς ὀλίγην κ. κόνινAP9.677 (Agath.); also ἐπὶ τὴν ὁδὸν κ. to be strewn upon the path, Call.Iamb.1.250: Archit., κείμενον σχῆμα, opp. ὠρθωμένον, plan, opp. elevation, Apollod.Poliorc.163.3: c.acc., “τόπον . . ὅντινα κεῖταιS.Ph.145 (anap.).
b. freq. also in epitaphs, lie buried, “τῇδε κείμεθαSimon. 92, cf. 97; “κεῖσαι ζῶν ἔτι μᾶλλον τῶν ὑπὸ γᾶςId.60; also “κ. ἐν Ταρ τάρῳPi.P.1.15; ἐν τάφῳ, ἐν Ἅιδου, παρ᾽ Ἅιδῃ, A.Ch.895, S.El.463, OT972; also in Prose, “τὸν χῶρον ἐν τῷ κέοιτο ὈρέστηςHdt.1.67, cf. 4.11,9.105, Th.2.43; κ.ὑπό τινων to be buried by . . , Plu.2.583c.
6. of wrestlers, have a fall, A.Eu.590; “πεσών γε κείσομαιAr.Nu.126.
3. fit, of shoes, Herod. 7.121.
4. κεῖσθαι, posture, attitude, as a category, Arist.Cat.2a2.
IV. to be placed in position, “τῶν ἐπὶ τοῦ τοίχου . . κειμένων κιόνωνIG12.372.46.
4. to be laid down in argument, posited, assumed, “τοῦτο ἡμῖν οὕτω κείσθωPl.R.350d, etc.; “ὡμολογημένον ἡμῖν κ.Id.Plt.300e; freq. in Arist., “κείσθωlet it be assumed, Apr. 34b23,al.; τὸ ἐξ ἀρχῆς κείμενον the assumption, Metaph.1008b2, 1047b10(pl.); “τὰ περὶ τὴν διάνοιαν ἐν τοῖς περὶ ῥητορικῆς κ.Po.1456a35.
V. metaph., of continuing conditions, ἐνὶ φρεσὶ πένθος ἔκειτο lay heavy, Od.24.423; εὔστομα κείσθω remain unspoken, Hdt.2.171; νεῖκος ἔκειτό τισι there was an enduring feud, S.OT491 (lyr.); Ἑλλήνων κείσομαι ἐν στόματι my name shall be a household word, AP9.62 (Even.); “πολλῶν κείμενος ἐν στόμασινThgn.240; “εὖ κείμεναA.Ch.693; μὴ κινεῖν (sc. κακὸν εὖ κείμενον 'let sleeping dogs lie', Pl.Phlb.15c, cf. Hyp. Fr.30, Suid.
2. ταῦτα θεῶν ἐν γούνασι κεῖται, i.e. these things are yet in the power of the gods, to give or not, Il.17.514, 20.435.
3. κεῖσθαι ἔν τινι to rest entirely or be dependent on him, “ἐν ἀγαθοῖσι κ. πολίων κυβερνάσιεςPi.P.10.71; “ἐν ὔμμι ὡς θεῷ κείμεθαS.OC248 (lyr.); also “ἐπί τινι, τὰ δ᾽ οὐκ ἐπ᾽ ἀνδράσι κ.Pi.P.8.76: also with simple dat., “Λεωφίλῳ πάντα κεῖταιArchil.69, prob.in Com.Adesp.1325; of things, depend upon, “τὸ πανηγυρικὸν ἐν μελέτῃ καὶ τριβῇ κ.Phld.Rh.1.93 S.; “τὰ . . γυμνάσια ἐν τῇ κινήσει κ.Antyll. ap. Orib.6.23.1.
4. Medic., to be left to settle, of urine, Hp.Epid.1.26.β́.
5. Gramm., of words and phrases, to be found, occur, “παρὰ τῷ ποιητῃStr.7.3.6, cf. Ath.2.58b; “κεῖται ἐν τῷ Περὶ ΠλούτουPhld.Oec. p.39 J.; ποῦ κεῖται; Ath.4.165d, cf. Κειτούκειτος; κ. ἀντί τινος to be used instead of . . , Str.8.6.7; τὸ κείμενον the received text, Sch.vulg.Pi.O.2.48.
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