κλισίη

κλισίη

-ης, ἡ

[κλίνω. A place for lying down]

Locative κλισίηφι Il. 13.168.

A hut or cabin.

• • 1

    Of the huts erected by the Greeks on the Trojan shore beside the drawn-up ships : κατὰ κλισίας τε νέας τε Il. 1.487. Cf. Il. 1.322, Il. 2.9, Od. 8.220, Il. 11.618, Il. 12.155, Il. 13.144, Il. 14.392, Il. 15.409, Il. 23.112, Il. 24.122, etc. : Od. 4.255, Od. 8.501.

    In pl. of a group of huts appropriated to a particular chief : πλεῖαί τοι χαλκοῦ κλισίαι [εἰσίν] Il. 2.226. Cf. Il. 1.306, Od. 8.224 = Il. 11.7, Il. 9.71, Il. 19.263, etc.

    And even, app., of a single such hut Il. 7.313 = Il. 9.669, Il. 9.263, Il. 11.834, Il. 12.1, Il. 13.253, 256, Il. 15.478, Il. 19.141, 179, Il. 23.254, 810.

  • 2

    Of a herdsman’s hut : σταθμούς τε κλισίας τε Il. 18.589.

    Of the hut of Eumaeus Od. 14.194, 404, 408, Od. 15.301 = Od. 16.1, Od. 15.398, Od. 16.159, 178, Od. 17.516.

  • 3

    App. = κλισμός : τῇ κλισίην ἔθηκεν Od. 4.123. Cf. Od. 19.55.

κλισίη (κλίνω), dat. κλισίηφι: hut or lodge of shepherds, Il. 18.589, Od. 14.45, Od. 15.301, Od. 16.1; barrack (not exactly ‘tent’) of warriors, Il. 11.448ff; often in pl.; also couch or easy-chair, Od. 4.123, Od. 19.55. (See cut No. 73.)