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Headword:
Koimisai
Adler number: kappa,2547
Translated headword: to put to bed
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Sophocles [sc. uses this term] in reference to death: "[I call upon] earthly Hermes the guide to put me to bed gently."[1] Also
Homer: "he was put to bed in a brazen sleep."[2]
Greek Original:Koimisai: epi thanatou Sophoklês: Pompaion Hermên chthonion eu me koimisai. kai Homêros: koimêsato chalkeon hupnon.
Notes:
The headword, extracted from the first quotation given, is aorist active infinitive of
koimi/zw (see under
kappa 2548); cf. already
kappa 2546.
[1]
Sophocles,
Ajax 832 (web address 1), on which
scholia comment similarly.
[2]
Homer,
Iliad 11.241 (web address 2), in reference to a warrior killed on the battlefield.
Web address 1,
Web address 2
Keywords: daily life; definition; dialects, grammar, and etymology; epic; imagery; military affairs; mythology; poetry; religion; tragedy
Translated by: William Hutton on 12 June 2008@05:15:58.
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