1. κεῖμαι · keimai — Beekes
to lie, be somewhere, happen, etc.
The corpus record
κεῖμαι
keimai
to lie, be somewhere, happen, etc.
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Distribution
- Trapeziticus 7 · 21.02/10k
- Funeral Oration 8 · 19.69/10k
- Against Timocrates 28 · 19.19/10k
- Against Lochites 2 · 17.86/10k
- Ichneutae 3 · 17.45/10k
- Against Olympiodorus 6 · 17.1/10k
- Against Alcibiades 2 1 · 16.64/10k
- Shield of Heracles 4 · 12.36/10k
- Against Aristogeiton 2 2 · 11.9/10k
- Letter 6 1 · 11.26/10k
- Against Philon 2 · 11/10k
- Aegineticus 3 · 10.33/10k
Densest 12 of 140 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.
Senses
2. κεῖμαι · keimai — Chantraine
85 pl
3. κεῖμαι · keimai — Chantraine
une dérivation en *-ël- d’un *xetua
4. κεῖμαι · keimai — Frisk
8
5. κεῖμαι · keimai — LSJ
to be laid
Attestations
- κείμενα · keimena Iliad 1.124
- ἔκειτο · ekeito Iliad 3.327
- κειμένου · keimenou Iliad 4.175
- ἔκειτο · ekeito Iliad 6.295
- ἔκειτο · ekeito Iliad 7.156
- κείμενον · keimenon Iliad 7.265
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Deep etymology
Authority pointers, pending review
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- scan pp. 710-711; entry #3027
Review: Under source audit
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- scan p. 523; entry #3778 Review: Under source audit
- scan pp. 841-842; entry #2883 Review: Under source audit
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