κλέπτω
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Ancient Greek
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Hellenic *klépťō, from Proto-Indo-European *klép-ye-ti, from *klep-. Cognates include Latin clepō and Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽 (hlifan).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klép.tɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈklep.to/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈklep.to/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈklep.to/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈklep.to/
Verb
[edit]κλέπτω • (kléptō)
Usage notes
[edit]The Doric participle form κλέπτοισα (kléptoisa) and the Doric aorist form κλέψαις (klépsais) are attested.
Inflection
[edit] Present: κλέπτω, κλέπτομαι
Imperfect: ἔκλεπτον, ἐκλεπτόμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἔκλεπτον | ἔκλεπτες | ἔκλεπτε(ν) | ἐκλέπτετον | ἐκλεπτέτην | ἐκλέπτομεν | ἐκλέπτετε | ἔκλεπτον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐκλεπτόμην | ἐκλέπτου | ἐκλέπτετο | ἐκλέπτεσθον | ἐκλεπτέσθην | ἐκλεπτόμεθᾰ | ἐκλέπτεσθε | ἐκλέπτοντο | ||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κλέπτεσκον | κλέπτεσκες | κλέπτεσκε(ν) | κλεπτέσκετον | κλεπτεσκέτην | κλεπτέσκομεν | κλεπτέσκετε | κλέπτεσκον | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | κλεπτεσκόμην | κλεπτέσκεο, κλεπτέσκευ |
κλεπτέσκετο | κλεπτέσκεσθον | κλεπτεσκέσθην | κλεπτεσκόμεθᾰ | κλεπτέσκεσθε | κλεπτέσκοντο | ||||
| 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.
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| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | κλέψω | κλέψεις | κλέψει | κλέψετον | κλέψετον | κλέψομεν | κλέψετε | κλέψουσῐ(ν) | ||||
| optative | κλέψοιμῐ | κλέψοις | κλέψοι | κλέψοιτον | κλεψοίτην | κλέψοιμεν | κλέψοιτε | κλέψοιεν | |||||
| middle | indicative | κλέψομαι | κλέψῃ, κλέψει |
κλέψεται | κλέψεσθον | κλέψεσθον | κλεψόμεθᾰ | κλέψεσθε | κλέψονται | ||||
| optative | κλεψοίμην | κλέψοιο | κλέψοιτο | κλέψοισθον | κλεψοίσθην | κλεψοίμεθᾰ | κλέψοισθε | κλέψοιντο | |||||
| passive | indicative | κλεφθήσομαι | κλεφθήσῃ, κλεφθήσει |
κλεφθήσεται | κλεφθήσεσθον | κλεφθήσεσθον | κλεφθησόμεθᾰ | κλεφθήσεσθε | κλεφθήσονται | ||||
| optative | κλεφθησοίμην | κλεφθήσοιο | κλεφθήσοιτο | κλεφθήσοισθον | κλεφθησοίσθην | κλεφθησοίμεθᾰ | κλεφθήσοισθε | κλεφθήσοιντο | |||||
| active | middle | passive | |||||||||||
| infinitive | κλέψειν | κλέψεσθαι | κλεφθήσεσθαι | ||||||||||
| participle | m | κλέψων | κλεψόμενος | κλεφθησόμενος | |||||||||
| f | κλέψουσᾰ | κλεψομένη | κλεφθησομένη | ||||||||||
| n | κλέψον | κλεψόμενον | κλεφθησόμενον | ||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Aorist: ἐκλάπην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| passive | indicative | ἐκλάπην | ἐκλάπης | ἐκλάπη | ἐκλάπητον | ἐκλαπήτην | ἐκλάπημεν | ἐκλάπητε | ἐκλάπησᾰν | ||||
| subjunctive | κλαπῶ | κλαπῇς | κλαπῇ | κλαπῆτον | κλαπῆτον | κλαπῶμεν | κλαπῆτε | κλαπῶσῐ(ν) | |||||
| optative | κλαπείην | κλαπείης | κλαπείη | κλαπεῖτον, κλαπείητον |
κλαπείτην, κλαπειήτην |
κλαπεῖμεν, κλαπείημεν |
κλαπεῖτε, κλαπείητε |
κλαπεῖεν, κλαπείησᾰν | |||||
| imperative | κλάπηθῐ | κλαπήτω | κλάπητον | κλαπήτων | κλάπητε | κλαπέντων | |||||||
| passive | |||||||||||||
| infinitive | κλαπῆναι | ||||||||||||
| participle | m | κλαπείς | |||||||||||
| f | κλαπεῖσᾰ | ||||||||||||
| n | κλαπέν | ||||||||||||
| Notes: | This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.
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Pluperfect: ἐκεκλόφειν, ἐκεκλέμμην
| number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
| active | indicative | ἐκεκλόφειν, ἐκεκλόφη |
ἐκεκλόφεις, ἐκεκλόφης |
ἐκεκλόφει(ν) | ἐκεκλόφετον | ἐκεκλοφέτην | ἐκεκλόφεμεν | ἐκεκλόφετε | ἐκεκλόφεσᾰν | ||||
| middle/ |
indicative | ἐκεκλέμμην | ἐκέκλεψο | ἐκέκλεπτο | ἐκέκλεφθον | ἐκεκλέφθην | ἐκεκλέμμεθᾰ | ἐκέκλεφθε | ἐκεκλέπᾰτο | ||||
| 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
[edit]- ἀνακλέπτω (anakléptō)
- ἀποκλέπτω (apokléptō)
- διακλέπτω (diakléptō)
- ἐκκλέπτω (ekkléptō)
- κλέμμα (klémma)
- κλεπτήρ (kleptḗr)
- κλέπτης (kléptēs)
- κλεπτοσύνη (kleptosúnē)
- κλέπτρια (kléptria)
- κλέψις (klépsis)
- κλοπεύς (klopeús)
- κλοπή (klopḗ)
- κλοπός (klopós)
- κλώψ (klṓps)
- μεγακλέπτωρ (megakléptōr)
- παρακλέπτω (parakléptō)
- συγκλέπτω (sunkléptō)
- ὑποκλέπτω (hupokléptō)
Related terms
[edit]- Κύκλωψ (Kúklōps)
Descendants
[edit]- Greek: κλέβω (klévo)
- Mariupol Greek: клэ́фту (kléftu)
- ⇒ English: kleptomania
- ⇒ French: cleptomanie
References
[edit]- ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010), “κλέπτω”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 713
Further reading
[edit]- “κλέπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940), A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κλέπτω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889), An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κλέπτω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891), A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κλέπτω in Bailly, Anatole (1935), Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- κλέπτω in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924), A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- “κλέπτω”, in Slater, William J. (1969), Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
- G2813 in Strong, James (1979), Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910), English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language[1], London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- cheat idem, page 127.
- circumvent idem, page 133.
- conceal idem, page 154.
- cozen idem, page 181.
- deceive idem, page 200.
- defalcate idem, page 203.
- defraud idem, page 206.
- delude idem, page 209.
- embezzle idem, page 267.
- hide idem, page 398.
- kidnap idem, page 468.
- outwit idem, page 584.
- steal idem, page 814.
- suppress idem, page 842.
- thieve idem, page 866.
- trick idem, page 894.
- κλέπτω, in ΛΟΓΕΙΟΝ [Logeion] Dictionaries for Ancient Greek and Latin (in English, French, Spanish, German, Dutch and Chinese), University of Chicago, since 2011
Categories:
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Ancient Greek terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *klep-
- Ancient Greek terms inherited from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek terms derived from Proto-Hellenic
- Ancient Greek 2-syllable words
- Ancient Greek terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ancient Greek lemmas
- Ancient Greek verbs
- Ancient Greek paroxytone terms