κοῖτος
koitos
resting-place, bed
Appears 9 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
κοῖτος, ὁ, κεῖμαι) A. resting-place, bed, κοίτοιο μεδώμεθα Od. 3.334, cf. 2.358; οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ κοῖτον ἐσσεύοντο 14.455; στυγερὸς δʼ ὑπεδέξατο κ., of birds, 22.470; stall, fold, 1116; ἀπάγειν ἐπὶ κοῖτον pen, 1.8. II. sleep, ἐπὴν νὺξ ἔλθῃ, ἕλῃσί τε κ. ἅπαντας Od. 19.515; κοίτοιο ὥρη bed-time, ib.510; ἐπʼ ἠόα κ. lying abed till dawn, Op. 574; τὸν ὑπασπίδιον κοῖτον ἰαύειν sleep under arms, Rh. 740 (lyr.); κ. ποιεεσθαι go to bed, 7.17; ἐς κ. παρεῖναι 1.9.
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