κύω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κυέω (kuéō)
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with κύριος (kúrios), Latin cumulus, cavus.
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /ký.ɔː/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈky.o/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.o/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈcy.o/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈci.o/
Verb
κῠ́ω • (kúō)
- (present and imperfect) to conceive, become pregnant
- (rarely with accusative) to become pregnant with...
- (aorist) to impregnate
Inflection
Note the difference between the aorist ἔκῡσα (ékūsa) and ἔκῠσα (ékusa), aorist of κυνέω (kunéō).
Present: κῠ́ω, κῠ́ομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | κῠ́ω | κῠ́εις | κῠ́ει | κῠ́ετον | κῠ́ετον | κῠ́ομεν | κῠ́ετε | κῠ́ουσῐ(ν) | ||||
subjunctive | κῠ́ω | κῠ́ῃς | κῠ́ῃ | κῠ́ητον | κῠ́ητον | κῠ́ωμεν | κῠ́ητε | κῠ́ωσῐ(ν) | |||||
optative | κῠ́οιμῐ | κῠ́οις | κῠ́οι | κῠ́οιτον | κῠοίτην | κῠ́οιμεν | κῠ́οιτε | κῠ́οιεν | |||||
imperative | κῠ́ε | κῠέτω | κῠ́ετον | κῠέτων | κῠ́ετε | κῠόντων | |||||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | κῠ́ομαι | κῠ́ῃ, κῠ́ει |
κῠ́εται | κῠ́εσθον | κῠ́εσθον | κῠόμεθᾰ | κῠ́εσθε | κῠ́ονται | ||||
subjunctive | κῠ́ωμαι | κῠ́ῃ | κῠ́ηται | κῠ́ησθον | κῠ́ησθον | κῠώμεθᾰ | κῠ́ησθε | κῠ́ωνται | |||||
optative | κῠοίμην | κῠ́οιο | κῠ́οιτο | κῠ́οισθον | κῠοίσθην | κῠοίμεθᾰ | κῠ́οισθε | κῠ́οιντο | |||||
imperative | κῠ́ου | κῠέσθω | κῠ́εσθον | κῠέσθων | κῠ́εσθε | κῠέσθων | |||||||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||||||
infinitive | κῠ́ειν | κῠ́εσθαι | |||||||||||
participle | m | κῠ́ων | κῠόμενος | ||||||||||
f | κῠ́ουσᾰ | κῠομένη | |||||||||||
n | κῠ́ον | κῠόμενον | |||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||
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first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||
active | indicative | ἔκῠον | ἔκῠες | ἔκῠε(ν) | ἐκῠ́ετον | ἐκῠέτην | ἐκῠ́ομεν | ἐκῠ́ετε | ἔκῠον | ||||
middle/ passive |
indicative | ἐκῠόμην | ἐκῠ́ου | ἐκῠ́ετο | ἐκῠ́εσθον | ἐκῠέσθην | ἐκῠόμεθᾰ | ἐκῠ́εσθε | ἐκῠ́οντο | ||||
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
- κῦμᾰ (kûma)
References
- Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume 2, Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 592
- “κύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κύω”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “κύω”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- κύω in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette