κεῖμαι

Ancient Greek

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).^[1]

κεῖμαι • (keîmai)

to lie, lie outstretched
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. (of wrestlers) to have a fall
(of places) to lie, be situated
1. (of things) to lie in a place
to be laid up, be in store (of goods, property, etc.)
to be set up, proposed
1. (of laws) to be laid down
2. (of arguments) to be laid down
3. (of names) to be given
(figuratively)
1. to be in the power of
2. to be in such a manner
3. to be
4. to settle down, deposit a sediment
5. (grammar, of words and phrases) to be found, to occur

Present: κεῖμαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κεῖμαι	κεῖσαι	κεῖται	κεῖσθον	κεῖσθον	κείμεθα	κεῖσθε	κεῖνται / κέᾰται / κέονται / κείᾰται
	subjunctive	κέῃ	κέῃ	κέηται/κεῖται	κέησθον	κέησθον		κέησθε	κέωνται/κείωνται
	optative
	imperative		κεῖσο	κείσθω	κεῖσθον	κείσθων		κεῖσθε	κείσθων

infinitive						κεῖσθαι/κέεσθαι
participle	m					κείμενος
	f					κειμένη
	n					κείμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: ἐκείμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	ἐκείμην	ἔκεισο	ἔκειτο	ἔκεισθον	ἐκείσθην	ἐκείμεθα	ἔκεισθε	ἔκειντο/ἐκέατο
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: κείμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κείμην	κεῖσο	κεῖτο	κεῖσθον	κείσθην	κείμεθα	κεῖσθε	κεῖντο/κέατο/κείατο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Imperfect: κεσκόμην (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κεσκόμην	κέσκου	κέσκετο	κέσκεσθον	κεσκέσθην	κεσκόμε(σ)θᾰ	κέσκεσθε	κέσκοντο
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Future: κείσομαι

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
middle	indicative	κείσομαι	κείσῃ / κείσει	κείσεται	κείσεσθον	κείσεσθον	κεισόμεθᾰ	κείσεσθε	κείσονται
middle	optative	κεισοίμην	κείσοιο	κείσοιτο	κείσοισθον	κεισοίσθην	κεισοίμεθᾰ	κείσοισθε	κείσοιντο
					middle
infinitive					κείσεσθαι
participle	m				κεισόμενος
	f				κεισομένη
	n				κεισόμενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεῖμαι”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 663-4