κοίτη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie down”), the same root of κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie in a place”).^[1]

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kǒi̯.tɛː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.te̝/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ti/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.ti/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ti/

Noun

κοίτη • (koítē) f (genitive κοίτης); first declension

bed, resting place
Synonyms: εὐνή (eunḗ), κλίνη (klínē), κράββατος (krábbatos)
(geography) riverbed
lair of a wild beast
pen, fold for cattle
act of going to bed; bedtime
lodging, entertainment
(Septuagint, New Testament) (conjugal) context wherein sexual activity occurs
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Genesis 49:4:
  ...ἀνέβης γὰρ ἐπὶ τὴν κοίτην τοῦ πατρός σου, τότε ἐμίανας τὴν στρωμνήν, οὗ ἀνέβης.
  ...anébēs gàr epì tḕn koítēn toû patrós sou, tóte emíanas tḕn strōmnḗn, hoû anébēs.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 300 BCE – 200 BCE, Septuagint, Leviticus 20:13:
  καὶ ὃς ἂν κοιμηθῇ μετὰ ἄρσενος κοίτην γυναικός...
  kaì hòs àn koimēthēî metà ársenos koítēn gunaikós...
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- The Epistle to the Hebrews, 13:4
  Τίμιος ὁ γάμος ἐν πᾶσιν καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος, πόρνους γὰρ καὶ μοιχοὺς κρινεῖ ὁ θεός.

Inflection

First declension of ἡ κοίτη; τῆς κοίτης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ἡ κοίτη hē koítē	τὼ κοίτᾱ tṑ koítā	αἱ κοῖται hai koîtai
Genitive	τῆς κοίτης tês koítēs	τοῖν κοίταιν toîn koítain	τῶν κοιτῶν tôn koitôn
Dative	τῇ κοίτῃ tēî koítēi	τοῖν κοίταιν toîn koítain	ταῖς κοίταις taîs koítais
Accusative	τὴν κοίτην tḕn koítēn	τὼ κοίτᾱ tṑ koítā	τᾱ̀ς κοίτᾱς tā̀s koítās
Vocative	κοίτη koítē	κοίτᾱ koítā	κοῖται koîtai
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

κοιτάζω (koitázō)
κοιταῖος (koitaîos)
κοιτάριον (koitárion)
κοιτάριος (koitários)
κοιτασία (koitasía)
κοιτασμός (koitasmós)
κοιτατήριον (koitatḗrion)
κοιτίδιον (koitídion)
κοιτίς (koitís)
κοιτών (koitṓn)

Descendants

Greek: κοίτη (koíti)

References

^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κεῖμαι (> DER > 1. > κοίτη)”, 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

Further reading

“κοίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κοίτη”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
κοίτη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette

Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κοίτη (koítē).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈciti/

Noun

κοίτη • (koíti) f (plural κοίτες)

river bed
(archaic, very rare, law) bed (used only in legal expression:)^[1]
χωρισμός από τραπέζης και κοίτης
chorismós apó trapézis kai koítis
lit.: "separation of table and bed". Legal separation.

Declension

Declension of **κοίτη**
	singular	plural
nominative	κοίτη (koíti)	κοίτες (koítes)
genitive	κοίτης (koítis)	κοιτών (koitón)
accusative	κοίτη (koíti)	κοίτες (koítes)
vocative	κοίτη (koíti)	κοίτες (koítes)

Synonyms

κρεβάτι n (kreváti) (standard)
κλίνη f (klíni) (formal)
ευνή f (evní) (archaic)

References

^ κοίτη, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language