Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (to lie down). Related to κεῖμαι (keîmai, to lie outstretched).[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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κοιμάω (koimáō)

  1. to put to sleep, lull
  2. (middle voice and passive voice) to sleep

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κοιμάω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 731

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