COMPOUND: παρακοίτης, –ου
CATEGORIZATION: N [Adv+N+Suf]
MEANING: ‘one who lies beside, bedfellow, husband‘
ETYMOLOGY: παρά ‘beside’ + noun root κοιτ- (κοίτη, -ης) ‘bedstead, marriage-bed’ (< κεῖμαι ‘lie’) + noun suf. -ης
OCCURRENCE: Il. VI, 430; VIII, 156
CASE/GENDER/NUMBER: nom. m. sg.; acc. pl.
HEADEDNESS: exocentric
CLASSIFICATION: determinative – bahuvrῑhi
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