Tanım
•(of saints, holy men, nuns, and church officials) died, passed away · corresponding to Modern third-person singular simple past of κοιμάμαι (koimámai, “to sleep”): κοιμήθηκε (koimíthike).
Etimoloji
Learnedly, from the ancient 3rd person singular ἐκοιμήθη (ekoimḗthē), of passive aorist ἐκοιμήθην (ekoimḗthēn, “slept”) of the verb κοιμάω (koimáō).