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κεῖμαι

Pronunciation: /kêː.mai̯/

“κεῖμαι” is an Ancient Greek word. Its 15 meanings in English:

verb

  1. to lie asleep, repose, lie idle, lie still
  2. to lie sick or wounded, lie in misery
  3. to lie dead
  4. to lie neglected, uncared for, unburied
  5. to have a fall
  6. to lie, be situated
  7. to lie in a place
  8. to be laid up, be in store (of goods, property, etc.)
  9. to be laid down
  10. to be given
  11. to be in the power of
  12. to be in such a manner
  13. to be
  14. to settle down, deposit a sediment
  15. to be found, to occur

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱéytor, from *ḱey- (“to lie down”). Cognate with Latin cūnae, cīvis, Old Armenian սէր (sēr), Hittite 𒆠𒀉𒋫𒊑, 𒆠𒀉𒁕𒊑 (kittari), Sanskrit शेते (śéte).

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