κλύω

Ancient Greek

Etymology

The present κλύω (klúō) is an innovation of the thematic aorist ἔκλῠον (ékluon), which itself innovated on the older athematic aorist (as seen in κλῦτε (klûte)), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱléwt, from the root *ḱlew- (“to hear”). Related to κλέος (kléos, “fame”) and κλέω (kléō, “to make famous”). Compare Latin inclutus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /klý.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkly.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkly.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkly.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkli.o/

Verb

κλῠ́ω • (klúō) (poetic)

(transitive) to hear, listen to [with genitive ‘someone’ and participle ‘doing something’; or with accusative ‘something’]

Inflection

Present: κλῠ́ω

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κλῠ́ω	κλῠ́εις	κλῠ́ει	κλῠ́ετον	κλῠ́ετον	κλῠ́ομεν	κλῠ́ετε	κλῠ́ουσῐ(ν)
	subjunctive	κλῠ́ω	κλῠ́ῃς	κλῠ́ῃ	κλῠ́ητον	κλῠ́ητον	κλῠ́ωμεν	κλῠ́ητε	κλῠ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κλῠ́οιμῐ	κλῠ́οις	κλῠ́οι	κλῠ́οιτον	κλῠοίτην	κλῠ́οιμεν	κλῠ́οιτε	κλῠ́οιεν
	imperative		κλῠ́ε	κλῠέτω	κλῠ́ετον	κλῠέτων		κλῠ́ετε	κλῠόντων
		active
infinitive		κλῠ́ειν
participle	m	κλῠ́ων
	f	κλῠ́ουσᾰ
	n	κλῠ́ον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: ἔκλῠον

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔκλῠον	ἔκλῠες	ἔκλῠε(ν)	ἐκλῠ́ετον	ἐκλῠέτην	ἐκλῠ́ομεν	ἐκλῠ́ετε	ἔκλῠον
	subjunctive	κλῠ́ω	κλῠ́ῃς	κλῠ́ῃ	κλῠ́ητον	κλῠ́ητον	κλῠ́ωμεν	κλῠ́ητε	κλῠ́ωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κλῠ́οιμῐ	κλῠ́οις	κλῠ́οι	κλῠ́οιτον	κλῠοίτην	κλῠ́οιμεν	κλῠ́οιτε	κλῠ́οιεν
	imperative		κλῦθῐ, κέκλῠθῐ	κλῠέτω	κλῠ́ετον	κλῠέτων		κλῦτε, κέκλῠτε	κλῠόντων
		active
infinitive		κλῠεῖν
participle	m	κλῠών
	f	κλῠοῦσᾰ
	n	κλῠόν
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Aorist: κλῠ́ον (Epic)

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	κλῠ́ον	κλῠ́ες	κλῠ́ε(ν)	κλῠ́ετον	κλῠέτην	κλῠ́ομεν	κλῠ́ετε	κλῠ́ον
Notes:	Dialects other than Attic are not well attested. Some forms are based on conjecture. Use with caution. For more details, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Synonyms

ἀκούω (akoúō)

Derived terms

ἐπικλύω (epiklúō)
κλῠτός (klutós)
παρακλύω (paraklúō)
Περῐκλῠ́μενος (Periklúmenos)
προκλύω (proklúō)
ὑποκλύω (hupoklúō)

References

“κλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“κλύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
“κλύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
κλύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
“κλύω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “κλύω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 719