κλέω
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klé.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkle.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkle.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkle.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkle.o/
Etymology 1
From Proto-Hellenic *kleyyō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew-.
Cognates include Latin clueō, Old Church Slavonic слава (slava), Sanskrit शृणोति (śr̥ṇṓti).
Alternative forms
Verb
κλέω • (kléō)
Inflection
Present: κλέω, κλέομαι (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κλέω | κλέεις | κλέει | κλέετον | κλέετον | κλέομεν | κλέετε | κλέουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κλέω | κλέῃς | κλέῃ | κλέητον | κλέητον | κλέωμεν | κλέητε | κλέωσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κλέοιμῐ | κλέοις | κλέοι | κλέοιτον | κλεοίτην | κλέοιμεν | κλέοιτε | κλέοιεν | |||||
| imperative | κλέε | κλεέτω | κλέετον | κλεέτων | κλέετε | κλεόντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κλέομαι | κλέῃ / κλέει | κλέεται | κλέεσθον | κλέεσθον | κλεόμεθᾰ | κλέεσθε | κλέονται | ||||
| subjunctive | κλέωμαι | κλέῃ | κλέηται | κλέησθον | κλέησθον | κλεώμεθᾰ | κλέησθε | κλέωνται | |||||
| optative | κλεοίμην | κλέοιο | κλέοιτο | κλέοισθον | κλεοίσθην | κλεοίμεθᾰ | κλέοισθε | κλέοιντο | |||||
| imperative | κλέου | κλεέσθω | κλέεσθον | κλεέσθων | κλέεσθε | κλεέσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | κλέειν | κλέεσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | κλέων | κλεόμενος | ||||||||||
| f | κλέουσᾰ | κλεομένη | |||||||||||
| n | κλέον | κλεόμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Present: κλῶ, κλοῦμαι (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κλῶ | κλεῖς | κλεῖ | κλεῖτον | κλεῖτον | κλοῦμεν | κλεῖτε | κλοῦσῐ(ν) | ||||
| subjunctive | κλῶ | κλῇς | κλῇ | κλῆτον | κλῆτον | κλῶμεν | κλῆτε | κλῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κλοίην / κλοῖμῐ | κλοίης / κλοῖς | κλοίη / κλοῖ | κλοῖτον / κλοίητον | κλοίτην / κλοιήτην | κλοῖμεν / κλοίημεν | κλοῖτε / κλοίητε | κλοῖεν / κλοίησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | κλεῖ | κλείτω | κλεῖτον | κλείτων | κλεῖτε | κλούντων | |||||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | κλοῦμαι | κλεῖ, κλῇ |
κλεῖται | κλεῖσθον | κλεῖσθον | κλούμεθᾰ | κλεῖσθε | κλοῦνται | ||||
| subjunctive | κλῶμαι | κλῇ | κλῆται | κλῆσθον | κλῆσθον | κλώμεθᾰ | κλῆσθε | κλῶνται | |||||
| optative | κλοίμην | κλοῖο | κλοῖτο | κλοῖσθον | κλοίσθην | κλοίμεθᾰ | κλοῖσθε | κλοῖντο | |||||
| imperative | κλοῦ | κλείσθω | κλεῖσθον | κλείσθων | κλεῖσθε | κλείσθων | |||||||
| active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
| infinitive | κλεῖν | κλεῖσθαι | |||||||||||
| participle | m | κλῶν | κλούμενος | ||||||||||
| f | κλοῦσᾰ | κλουμένη | |||||||||||
| n | κλοῦν | κλούμενον | |||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔκλεον, ἐκλεόμην (Uncontracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔκλεον | ἔκλεες | ἔκλεε(ν) | ἐκλέετον | ἐκλεέτην | ἐκλέομεν | ἐκλέετε | ἔκλεον | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκλεόμην | ἐκλέου | ἐκλέετο | ἐκλέεσθον | ἐκλεέσθην | ἐκλεόμεθᾰ | ἐκλέεσθε | ἐκλέοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Imperfect: ἔκλουν, ἐκλούμην (Contracted)
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔκλουν | ἔκλεις | ἔκλει | ἐκλεῖτον | ἐκλείτην | ἐκλοῦμεν | ἐκλεῖτε | ἔκλουν | ||||
| middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκλούμην | ἐκλοῦ | ἐκλεῖτο | ἐκλεῖσθον | ἐκλείσθην | ἐκλούμεθᾰ | ἐκλεῖσθε | ἐκλοῦντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Derived terms
Related terms
- κλέος (kléos)
Etymology 2
Alternative forms
Verb
κλέω • (kléō)
- alternative spelling of καλέω (kaléō)
References
- “κλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλέω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- κλέω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλέω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κλέω”, in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter