clepo

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *klepō, from Proto-Indo-European *klep-.

Cognates include Ancient Greek κλέπτω (kléptō) and Gothic 𐌷𐌻𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌽 (hlifan).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.poː/, [ˈkɫ̪ɛpoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkle.po/, [ˈklɛːpo]

Verb

clepō (present infinitive clepere, perfect active clepsī, supine cleptum); third conjugation

1. to steal
2. to listen secretly

Usage notes

Clepor means "to walk" as in "to get stolen."

Conjugation

Conjugation of clepō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clepō	clepis	clepit	clepimus	clepitis	clepunt
	imperfect	clepēbam	clepēbās	clepēbat	clepēbāmus	clepēbātis	clepēbant
	future	clepam	clepēs	clepet	clepēmus	clepētis	clepent
	perfect	clepsī	clepsistī	clepsit	clepsimus	clepsistis	clepsērunt, clepsēre
	pluperfect	clepseram	clepserās	clepserat	clepserāmus	clepserātis	clepserant
	future perfect	clepserō	clepseris	clepserit	clepserimus	clepseritis	clepserint
	sigmatic future1	clepsō	clepsis	clepsit	clepsimus	clepsitis	clepsint
passive	present	clepor	cleperis, clepere	clepitur	clepimur	clepiminī	clepuntur
	imperfect	clepēbar	clepēbāris, clepēbāre	clepēbātur	clepēbāmur	clepēbāminī	clepēbantur
	future	clepar	clepēris, clepēre	clepētur	clepēmur	clepēminī	clepentur
	perfect	cleptus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	cleptus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	cleptus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	clepam	clepās	clepat	clepāmus	clepātis	clepant
	imperfect	cleperem	cleperēs	cleperet	cleperēmus	cleperētis	cleperent
	perfect	clepserim	clepserīs	clepserit	clepserīmus	clepserītis	clepserint
	pluperfect	clepsissem	clepsissēs	clepsisset	clepsissēmus	clepsissētis	clepsissent
	sigmatic aorist1	clepsim	clepsīs	clepsīt	clepsīmus	clepsītis	clepsint
passive	present	clepar	clepāris, clepāre	clepātur	clepāmur	clepāminī	clepantur
	imperfect	cleperer	cleperēris, cleperēre	cleperētur	cleperēmur	cleperēminī	cleperentur
	perfect	cleptus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	cleptus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	clepe	—	—	clepite	—
	future	—	clepitō	clepitō	—	clepitōte	clepuntō
passive	present	—	clepere	—	—	clepiminī	—
	future	—	clepitor	clepitor	—	—	clepuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		clepere	clepsisse	cleptūrum esse	clepī	cleptum esse	cleptum īrī
participles		clepēns	—	cleptūrus	—	cleptus	clependus, clepundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		clependī	clependō	clependum	clependō	cleptum	cleptū

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

References

• “clepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “clepo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clepo in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• clepo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.