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κλισία

klisia

place for lying down or reclining

Appears 119 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κλισία, Ion. -ίη, ἡ, (κλίνω)
place for lying down or reclining: hence,
I. hut, shed, booth, 1. for use in peace, cot, cabin, once in Il., 18.589, cf. Od. 14.194, al.
2. for use in war, hut, κ. εὔπηκτος, εὔτυκτος, Il. 9.663, 10.566; κ. ὑψηλή 24.448: freq. in pl., camp, 1.487, al.; πῦρ ἐν κλισίῃσι βαλόντες Od. 8.501:—not common after Hom. (σκηνή being used), B. 12.135, etc.: used by Trag. in lyr. and anap., A. Fr. 131, S. Aj. 190, 1407, E. IA 189: later with various meanings, Βάκχου κλισίαι, of wine-shops, IG 14.889 (Sinuessa); εὐσεβέων κλισίη, of the grave, Epigr.Gr. 237.4 (Smyrna, ii/i B.C.), cf. IG 12(5).1104 (Syros, ii A.D.); chapel, ἡ κ. ἡ ἱερά BCH 51.220 (Thasos), cf. Arch.Pap. 1.219, IG 42(1).123.131 (Epid.); cf. κλεισία.
II. anything for lying or sitting upon, couch or easy chair, Od. 4.123; κ. δινωτὴν ἐλέφαντι καὶ ἀργύρῳ 19.55; ἐπʼ ἀλλοτρίαν κ. ἐρχόμενος IG 2(2).1368.74.
2. couch for reclining on at table, Pi. P. 4.133 (pl.); ᾧ ξυνὴν εἶχον ἐγὼ κ. Call. Aet. 1.1.8 [Fr. 178.8 Pf.]; place on such couch, κ. ἄτιμος Plu. Ant. 59, Symp. 2.148f; κ. ἄδοξος Hegesand. 18.
3. nuptial bed, E. Alc. 994, IT 857.
III. company of people sitting at meals, Ev.Luc. 9.14; banquet, εὐωχίαι τε καὶ κ. Onos. 35.5; room for company, Luc. Am. 12.
IV. way of lying, decubitus, Hp. Epid. 7.25; τὸ σχῆμα τῆς κ. Plu. Sert. 26.
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