- κοιμίζω
- to rest
- 1. to put to sleep , [Refs 5th c.BC]; ἄημα ἐκοίμισε πόντον, i. e. the winds suffer the sea to rest—; by ceasing (cf. Virg. straverunt aequora venti) , [Refs 5th c.BC]: metaph., μεγαληγορίαν κ. to lay pride asleep , [Refs 5th c.BC]; so, κ. τὰς λύπας [5th/4th c.BC]:—;Pass., παῖς κοιμίζεται [Refs 5th c.BC]
2. of the sleep of death, [Refs 5th c.BC, Refs 5th c.BC]; also in Mid., [Refs 5th c.BC] (ML)