Reconstruction:Proto-Hellenic/klépťō
Proto-Hellenic
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *klépyeti, from *klep-.
Verb
*klépťō
- to steal
Inflection
Present forms of *klépťō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | *klépťehen | ||||||||||
| participle | *klépťonts | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *klépťō | *klépťehi | *klépťei | *klépťowos, *klépťowes, *klépťowen | *klépťetes, *klépťetos, *klépťeton | *klépťetes, *klépťetos, *klépťeton | *klépťomes, *klépťomen | *klépťete | *klépťonti | ||
| subjunctive | *klépťō | *klépťēhi | *klépťēi | *klépťōwos, *klépťōwes, *klépťōwen | *klépťētes, *klépťētos, *klépťēton | *klépťētes, *klépťētos, *klépťēton | *klépťōmes, *klépťōmen | *klépťēte | *klépťōnti | ||
| optative | *klépťoyə | *klépťois | *klépťoi | *klépťoiwen | *klépťoiton | *klepťóitān | *klépťoimen | *klépťoite | *klépťoyen | ||
| imperative | - | *klépťe | *klepťétō | - | *klépťeton | *klepťétōn | - | *klépťete | *klepťóntōn | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | *klépťestʰai | ||||||||||
| participle | *klepťómenos | ||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *klépťomai | *klépťehai | *klépťetai | *klépťestʰa | *klépťestʰon | *klépťestʰon | *klepťómestʰa | *klépťestʰe | *klépťontai | ||
| subjunctive | *klépťōmai | *klépťēhai | *klépťētai | *klépťēstʰa | *klépťēstʰon | *klépťēstʰon | *klepťṓmestʰa | *klépťēstʰe | *klépťōntai | ||
| optative | *klepťóimān | *klépťoyyo | *klépťoito | *klepťóiwetʰa | *klépťoistʰon | *klepťóistʰān | *klepťóimetʰa | *klépťoistʰe | *klépťointo | ||
| imperative | - | *klépťeho | *klepťéstʰō | - | *klépťestʰon | *klepťéstʰōn | - | *klépťestʰe | *klepťéstʰōn | ||
Imperfect forms of *klépťō
| Active | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *éklepťon | *éklepťes | *éklepťe | *eklépťowe | *eklépťeton | *eklepťétān | *eklépťomes, *eklépťomen | *eklépťete | *éklepťon | ||
| Middle/Passive | |||||||||||
| singular | dual | plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | |||
| indicative | *eklepťómān | *eklépťeho | *eklépťeto | *eklépťetʰa | *eklépťestʰon | *eklepťéstʰān | *eklepťómetʰa | *eklépťestʰe | *eklépťonto | ||
Related terms
- *klopā́ (“theft”)
- *klṓps (“thief”)
- ? *pkú-klōps (“cattle-thief”)
Descendants
- Ancient Greek: κλέπτω (kléptō)
- Greek: κλέβω (klévo)
- Mariupol Greek: клэ́фту (kléftu)
- ⇒ English: kleptomania
- ⇒ French: cleptomanie