The corpus record

κατακοιμ-ίζω

katakoimizo

lull to sleep

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Where it lives

Symposium 1 · 0.57/10k
Memorabilia 1 · 0.28/10k
Hellenica 1 · 0.15/10k
Cyropaedia 1 · 0.13/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant

κατακοιμ-ίζω · katakoim-izō — LSJ

lull to sleep, go to sleep

= κατακοιμάω II (for which it is a constant v.l.), lull to sleep, τὴν φυλακήν Hecat. 33J.; τὰ δυσυπνοῦντα τῶν παιδίων Pl. Lg. 790d, cf. Smp. 223d (v.l. -κοιμήσαντʼ), Luc. VH 2.34, Asin. 6: metaph., κ. τὸν λύχνον Phryn.Com. 24; ὀργάς Com.Adesp. 521; τοὺς πολεμίους Plu. Glor.Ath. 2.346c:—Pass., go to sleep, Plb. 3.67.2; of troublesome questions, ἵνα . . ἀεὶ ἂν κατακοιμισθῶσιν IG 2(2).1121.26.

II sleep through, sleep out

sleep through, τὴν φυλακήν sleep out oneʼs watch, Hdt. 9.93. Ael. NA 1.15, al.; τῆς ἡμέρας τὸ χρησιμώτατον -κοιμίζουσα X. Mem. 2.1.30.

In the wild

κατακοιμίζειν · katakoimizein Plato, Laws 790
κατακοιμίσαντʼ · katakoimisantʼ Plato, Symposium 223 (DIORISIS sentence 1018)
κατακοιμίζοντας · katakoimizontas Xenophon, Cyropaedia 8.8.20 (DIORISIS sentence 4948)
κατεκοίμισεν · katekoimisen Xenophon, Hellenica 6.4.36 (DIORISIS sentence 2847)
κατακοιμίζουσα · katakoimizousa Xenophon, Memorabilia 2.1.30 (DIORISIS sentence 535)

Where it came from

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