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κύω
κύω
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- κυέω (kuéō)
- (4th AD Koine) IPA(key): /kýo/
- (10th AD Byzantine) IPA(key): /cýo/
- (15th AD Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /cío/
Verb
κύω • (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 that of κυνέω (kunéō) (ἔκῠσα (ékusa))
Present: κύω, κύομαι
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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present | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
active | indicative | κύω | κύεις | κύει | κύετον | κύετον | κύομεν | κύετε | κύουσῐ(ν) |
subjunctive | κύω | κύῃς | κύῃ | κύητον | κύητον | κύωμεν | κύητε | κύωσῐ(ν) | |
optative | κύοιμῐ | κύοις | κύοι | κύοιτον | κυοίτην | κύοιμεν | κύοιτε | κύοιεν | |
imperative | κύε | κυέτω | κύετον | κυέτων | κύετε | κυόντων | |||
middle/
passive |
indicative | κύομαι | κύει/ κύῃ |
κύεται | κύεσθον | κύεσθον | κυόμεθᾰ | κύεσθε | κύονται |
subjunctive | κύωμαι | κύῃ | κύηται | κύησθον | κύησθον | κυώμεθᾰ | κύησθε | κύωνται | |
optative | κυοίμην | κύοιο | κύοιτο | κύοισθον | κυοίσθην | κυοίμεθᾰ | κύοισθε | κύοιντο | |
imperative | κύου | κυέσθω | κύεσθον | κυέσθων | κύεσθε | κυέσθων | |||
active | middle/passive | ||||||||
infinitive | κύειν | κύεσθαι | |||||||
participle | κύων , κύουσᾰ , κύον | κυόμενος , κυομένη , κυόμενον |
Imperfect: ἔκυον, ἐκυόμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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imperfect | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
active | indicative | ἔκυον | ἔκυες | ἔκυε | ἐκύετον | ἐκυέτην | ἐκύομεν | ἐκύετε | ἔκυον |
middle/ passive |
ἐκυόμην | ἐκύου | ἐκύετο | ἐκύεσθον | ἐκυέσθην | ἐκυόμεθᾰ | ἐκύεσθε | ἐκύοντο |
Aorist: ἔκυσα, ἐκυσάμην
number | singular | dual | plural | ||||||
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aorist | first | second | third | second | third | first | second | third | |
active | indicative | ἔκυσα | ἔκυσας | ἔκυσε | ἐκύσατον | ἐκυσάτην | ἐκύσαμεν | ἐκύσατε | ἔκυσαν |
subjunctive | κύσω | κύσῃς | κύσῃ | κύσητον | κύσητον | κύσωμεν | κύσητε | κύσωσῐ(ν) | |
optative | κύσαιμῐ | κύσαις/ κύσειας |
κύσαι/ κύσειε |
κύσαιτον | κυσαίτην | κύσαιμεν | κύσαιτε | κύσαιεν/ κύσειαν |
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imperative | κύσον | κυσάτω | κύσατον | κυσάτων | κύσατε | κυσάντων | |||
middle | indicative | ἐκυσάμην | ἐκύσω | ἐκύσατο | ἐκύσασθον | ἐκυσάσθην | ἐκυσάμεθα | ἐκύσασθε | ἐκύσαντο |
subjunctive | κύσωμαι | κύσῃ | κύσηται | κύσησθον | κύσησθον | κυσώμεθα | κύσησθε | κύσωνται | |
optative | κυσαίμην | κύσαιο | κύσαιτο | κύσαισθον | κυσαίσθην | κυσαίμεθα | κύσαισθε | κύσαιντο | |
imperative | κύσαι | κυσάσθω | κύσασθον | κυσάσθων | κύσασθε | κυσάσθων | |||
active | middle | ||||||||
infinitive | κύσαι | κύσασθαι | |||||||
participle | m | κύσᾱς | κυσάμενος | ||||||
f | κύσᾱσα | κυσαμένη | |||||||
n | κύσαν | κυσάμενον |
Derived terms
- κῦμα (kûma)
References
- 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
- LSJ 7th edition