clueo

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kluēō, from earlier *kluējō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱl̥w-éh₁-ti (éh₁-stative), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱlew- (“to hear”). The notion is "to be heard".

Compare Lithuanian klausýti, Old Church Slavonic слоушати (slušati, “to hear”), Sanskrit श्रोषति (śroṣati), and Ancient Greek κλέος (kléos, “glory, renown”).

Pronunciation

Verb

clueō (present infinitive cluēre); second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems

  1. to be called or named
  2. to be reputed

Conjugation

   Conjugation of clueō (second conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clueō cluēs cluet cluēmus cluētis cluent
imperfect cluēbam cluēbās cluēbat cluēbāmus cluēbātis cluēbant
future cluēbō cluēbis cluēbit cluēbimus cluēbitis cluēbunt
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present clueam clueās clueat clueāmus clueātis clueant
imperfect cluērem cluērēs cluēret cluērēmus cluērētis cluērent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — cluē — — cluēte —
future — cluētō cluētō — cluētōte cluentō
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cluēre — cluēns —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cluendī cluendō cluendum cluendō — —

Derived terms

References

  • “clueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “clueo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • clueo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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