Lexical chains. Sleeping and waking, working and resting.
Posted: March 11th, 2014, 1:20 am
Have I understood this "sequence of events" correctly?
- κοιμᾶσθαι - to lie down to sleep
- ἀφυπνοῦν - fall asleep
- ὑπνοῦν - (be a)sleep (= not be conscious)
- καθεύδειν - (lie there) sleep(ing)
- ἐξυπνίζειν - wake up (= become conscious again)
- ἐγείρεσθαι - to rise (from the pillow or bed)
- ἀναστῆναι - to stand up
- κοπιᾷν - work hard (tire oneself out with work)
- ἀναπαύειν - take a rest