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λέχομαι

lechomai

lie down, will lie, let them bivouac, lay asleep, lull to sleep

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What it meant

λέχομαι · lechomai — LSJ

lie down, lie down, will lie, let them bivouac

lie down, pres. only in Hsch. λέχεται (λεύχεται cod.)· κοιμᾶται, cf. Theognost. Can. 139: pf. part. λελοχυῖα( = λεχὼ γενομένη) Hsch.; other tenses in Ep.: fut. λέξομαι: aor. ἐλεξάμην; also 3 sg. aor. ἔλεκτο, λέκτο; imper. λέξο, λέξεο (v. infr.):—lie down, esp. to sleep, λέξεται ὕπνῳ will lie asleep, Il. 4.131, cf. Od. 7.319; λέξομαι εἰς εὐνήν 17.102: aor., πὰρ δʼ Ἑλένη ἐλέξατο 4.305; τῷ ἔνι λεξάσθην Il. 14.350; λεξάσθων παρὰ τάφρον let them bivouac, 9.67, cf. 8.519; ἔλεκτο Od. 19.50, Hes. Sc. 46

II lay asleep, lull to sleep

causal in Act., lay asleep, lull to sleep, λέξον με Il. 24.635; ἔλεξα Διὸς νόον 14.252. (Goth. ligan, Engl. lie, etc.)

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