κλείομαι
Ancient Greek
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /klěː.o.mai̯/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkli.o.mɛ/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.o.mɛ/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkli.o.me/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkli.o.me/
Verb
κλείομαι • (kleíomai)
- first-person singular indicative present mediopassive of κλείω (kleíō)
Greek
Pronunciation
Verb
- Ancient synonym of the modern κλείνομαι ("I am closed, shut"), found only in compounds
Usage notes
Found in the compounds:
- αποκλείομαι (apokleíomai, “I am blocked, excluded”)
- εγκλείομαι (egkleíomai, “I am shut in, enclosed”)
- εμπερικλείομαι (emperikleíomai, “I am contained”)
- εσωκλείομαι (esokleíomai, “I am enclosed inside”) (a modern verb)
- περικλείομαι (perikleíomai, “I am shut around, enclosed”)