κοιμ-ίζω,
post-[[ 8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus ] Refs 8th c.BC+], ={κοιμάω}, put to sleep, κ. ὄμμα [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 826 (Lyric poetry); σὲ.. ἐκοίμισεν᾽ Αδρήστεια λείκνῳ ἐνὶ χρυσέῳ 3rd c.BC: Callimachus Epicus “Hymnus in Jovem” 47 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; harbour for the night, οἶκος ἐν ᾧ τοὺς ξένους κοιμίζουσιν [[ 3rd c.BC: Dosiadas Epigrammaticus cited in 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 4.143c, cf. LXX.3Ki.3.20 ] LXX+3rd c.BC+]; still, calm, ἄημα πνευμάτων ἐκοίμισε στένοντα πόντον, i.e. the winds suffered the sea to rest—by ceasing, [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 674 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; θάλασσαν ἀγρίαν ἐκοίμισαν (i.e. οἱ δαίμονες) [[“Anthologia Graeca” 9.290 (1st c.AD: Philippus Epigrammaticus): _metaphorically_, κ. τὸν λύχνον] Refs 1st c.AD+] put it out, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Nicopho Comicus 7 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; μεγαλαγορίαν κ. lay pride to sleep, quench, stifle it, [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 184 (Lyric poetry); κ. θυμόν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 873a; τὰς λύπας 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Symposium” 2.24; πόθον “Anthologia Graeca” 12.19 * (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus)] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐλπίδας οὐ θάλαμος κοίμισεν, ἀλλὰ τάφος[[ [prev. work] 7.183 (Parmenio Epigrammaticus)] Refs]:—passive, παῖς κοιμίζεται [[ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 826; τὸ θηριῶδες κ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 591b. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 of the sleep of death, καλῶ δ᾽.. Ἑρμῆν χθόνιον εὖ με κοιμίσαι [[ 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 832; Τιτάνων γενεὰν.. Ζεὺς κοιμίζει φλογμῷ 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 473 (Lyric poetry), compare “Hipp.” 1386 (Lyric poetry)] Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, κοίμισαί μ᾽ ἐς Ἅιδου [[ [prev. author] “Tr.” 594 (Lyric poetry). ] Refs]