A.= κοῖτος 1, once in Hom., Od.19.341 (v.l. οἴκῳ); bedstead, IG12.330.16, al., Wilcken Chr.244.3 (iii B.C.), etc.; esp. marriage-bed, A.Supp.804 (lyr.), S.Tr.17; “οὐ γὰρ ἐκ μιᾶς κ. ἔβλαστον” Id.Fr.546; “τᾶς ἀπλήστου κ. ἔρος” E.Med.152 (lyr.), etc.; ἀνάνδρου κοίτας λέκτρον ib.436 (lyr.); also πετρίνη κοίτη, of a cave, S.Ph.160 (anap.); τειρομέναν νοσερᾷ κ. on a sick-bed, E.Hipp.132 (lyr.); κοίταν δ᾽ ἔχει νέρθεν, of one dead, S.OC1706 (lyr.); “κ. σκληρά” Pl.Lg.942d, Aret.CA1.1: pl., “ἔννυχοι κ.” Pi.P.11.25; “νυμφίδιοι κ.” E. Alc.249 (lyr.): metaph., of the sea, “ἐν μεσημβριναῖς κοίταις . . εὕδοι πεσών” A.Ag.566; of the bed of a river, Procop.Aed.5.5, Phlp.in Ph. 586.21, Lyd.Mens.4.10.
2. lair of a wild beast, nest of a bird, etc., E.Ion 155 (lyr.); “χελιδόνων” Aët.16.15; κ. ποιεῖσθαι, of the spider, Arist.HA623a12; of the fish ἐξώκοιτος, Thphr.Fr.171.1.
4. pen, fold for cattle, PLips.118.15 (ii A.D.).
II. act of going to bed, τῆς κοίτης ὥρη bed-time, Hdt.1.10, 5.20; τραπέζῃ καὶ κοίτῃ δέκεσθαι to entertain 'at bed and board', ibid.; τὴν σκηνὴν εἰς κ. διέλυον for going to bed, X.Cyr.2.3.1 (but κεῖσθαι κοίταν to lie still in death, A.Ag.1494 (lyr.)).
III. lodging, entertainment, PTeb. 122.1 (i B.C.), al.
IV. of sexual connexion, “κ. διδόναι” LXX Nu.5.20, cf. Le.18.20; κ. σπέρματος ib.15.16; κ. ἔχειν ἐκ . . to become pregnant by a man, Ep.Rom.9.10; in bad sense, lasciviousness, ib. 13.13 (pl.).
V. parcel, lot of land, PAmh.2.88.9 (ii A.D.), PRyl. 168.9 (ii A.D.).
VI. chest, case, or basket, Pherecr.122, Eup.76, IG 22.120.37,40, Men.129.2, PPetr.2p.10 (iii B.C., unless in signf. 1.3), Luc.Ep.Sat.21; “αἱ μυστικαὶ κ.” Plu.Phoc.28.
