κατέκειτο (katekeito)

κατέκειτο is an Ancient Greek form of κατάκειμαι, meaning “lie down; lie sick”. It is the 3rd person singular imperfect middle/passive indicative.

It can also be a form of κατακείω, “lie down to sleep”.

Found 43 times in the Ancient Greek texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Plutarch, Nicias 18.1: … βιαζόμενος τὸ σῶμα παρῆν ὁ Νικίας· ἀκμὴν δέ ποτε τῆς ἀρρωστίας λαβούσης ὁ μὲν ἐν τείχεσι μετʼ ὀλίγων ὑπηρετῶν κατέκειτο, τὴν δὲ στρατιὰν ἔχων ὁ Λάμαχος προσεμάχετο τοῖς Συρακουσίοις ἐκ τῆς πόλεως τεῖχος ἀνάγουσι πρὸς τὸ τῶν Ἀθηνα …

All forms of κατάκειμαι (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Liddell-Scott-Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.