and [sc. also attested is] κοιταῖος , one who comes at the hour for bed.[1]
"He announced that they were coming at bedtime."[2]
[1] The adjective
κοιταῖος normally means 'bed-related', 'serving as a bed', 'abed', or 'encamped' vel sim. (see LSJ: Web address 1). It is not otherwise attested in the sense indicated here.
[2] Ascribed to
Polybius (fr.177), who uses the adjective more frequently than any other author, but elsewhere only in the sense of 'abed' or 'encamped'.
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