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κοίτη

κοίτη, the marriage-bed

κοίτ-η, ἡ, (κεῖμαι)
  • = κοῖτος I, once in Hom., Od. 19.341 (v.l. οἴκῳ); bedstead, IG 1(2).330.16, al., Wilcken Chr. 244.3 (iii B.C.), etc.; esp. marriage-bed, A. Supp. 804 (lyr.), S. Tr. 17; οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον Id. Fr. 546; τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος E. Med. 152 (lyr.), etc.; ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον ib. 436 (lyr.); also πετρίνη κοίτη, of a cave, S. Ph. 160 (anap.); τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ. on a sick-bed, E. Hipp. 132 (lyr.); κοίταν δʼ ἔχει νέρθεν, of one dead, S. OC 1706 (lyr.); κ. σκληρά Pl. Lg. 942d, Aret. CA 1.1: pl., ἔννυχοι κ. Pi. P. 11.25; νυμφίδιοι κ. E. Alc. 249 (lyr.): metaph., of the sea, ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις . . εὕδοι πεσών A. Ag. 566; of the bed of a river, Procop. Aed. 5.5, Phlp. in Ph. 586.21, Lyd. Mens. 4.10.
      • 2 lair of a wild beast, nest of a bird, etc., E. Ion 155 (lyr.); χελιδόνων Aët. 16.15; κ. ποιεῖσθαι, of the spider, Arist. HA 623a12; of the fish ἐξώκοιτος, Thphr. Fr. 171.1.
      • 3 quarters, τῶν φυλακιτῶν BGU 1007.14 (iii B.C.), cf. PTeb. 179 (ii B.C.); v. infr. VI.
      • 4 pen, fold for cattle, PLips. 118.15 (ii A.D.).
    • II act of going to bed, τῆς κοίτης ὥρη bed-time, Hdt. 1.10, 5.20; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain ‘at bed and board’, ibid.; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον for going to bed, X. Cyr. 2.3.1 (but κεῖσθαι κοίταν to lie still in death, A. Ag. 1494 (lyr.)).
    • III lodging, entertainment, PTeb. 122.1 (i B.C.), al.
    • IV of sexual connexion, κ. διδόναι LXX Nu. 5.20, cf. Le. 18.20; κ. σπέρματος ib. 15.16; κ. ἔχειν ἐκ . . to become pregnant by a man, Ep.Rom. 9.10; in bad sense, lasciviousness, ib. 13.13 (pl.).
    • V parcel, lot of land, PAmh. 2.88.9 (ii A.D.), PRyl. 168.9 (ii A.D.).
    • VI chest, case, or basket, Pherecr. 122, Eup. 76, IG 2(2).120.37,40, Men. 129.2, PPetr. 2 p.10 (iii B.C., unless in signf. I.3), Luc. Ep.Sat. 21; αἱ μυστικαὶ κ. Plu. Phoc. 28.

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