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ἐγκοιμ-άομαι

egkoimaomai

sleep in, sleep in, sleep upon

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What it meant

ἐγκοιμ-άομαι · enkoim-aomai — LSJ

sleep in, sleep in

sleep in a place, [ἐν σπηλαίῳ] Arist. Mir. 839a3; esp. sleep in a temple, to seek prophetic dreams or to obtain cure for a disease, Str. 11.7.1, 16.2.35, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.109c; ὑπὲρ ἐνεργείας Arr. Epict. 2.16.17.

2 sleep upon, after

sleep upon or after a meal, Hp. Acut. 29.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.

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