κύω
κύω, post-
Hom. form of
κυέω (aor. 1 in Ep., v. infr.
11 ):
II). in aor. Act.
ἔκῡσα, causal, of the male,
impregnate, metaph.,
ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν A. Fr. 44.4 :—aor. Med.
ἐκῡσάμην, of the female,
conceive,
οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη Hes. Th. 125 , cf.
405 ,
h.Hom. 1.4 ;
Ζηνί by Zeus,
Asius Fr.Ep. 1.3 K.;
ὅσσους .. Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ Euph. 112 .—The forms
κυέω and
κύω seem synonymous, but
κυέω (
κυῶ) is the better-attested form in Att. Prose (
κύοντα only v.l. in
Pl. Tht. 151b ,
κύοντες is read in
Arist. HA 544a23 ( v.l.
κύονες, ποιοῦντες )
, κύοντα ib.
585a3 ,
κυόμενα (v.l.-
ούμενα)
Pr.l.c.,
κυόμενον (v.l.-
ούμενον)
GA 730b4 , but
κυοῦντες HA 610b3 ;
ἐκύομεν LXX ls. 59.13 ).—The pres.
κύω has
ῠ in verse, but forms of
κῠέω can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aor.
ἔκῡσα.
ShortDef
to conceive
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
κύω
Headword (normalized/stripped):
κυω
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-61173
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">κύω</span>, post-<span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hom.</span> </span> form of <span class="foreign greek">κυέω</span> (aor. 1 in Ep., v. infr. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:11/canonical-url/"> 11 </a>): <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>I).</strong></span> in pres. and impf., of females, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conceive</span>, <span class="foreign greek">Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ</span>. Orac. ap. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5:92" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:5.92/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 5.92 </a>.<span class="foreign greek">β/</span>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:609" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0019.tlg012:609/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ar.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 609 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:789e" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg034.perseus-grc1:789e/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Lg.</span> 789e </a>, etc.; <span class="quote greek">κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:2:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:2.1/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 2.1 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">κ. ἀπό τινος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg019:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Id.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Gall.</span> 19 </a> : metaph., <span class="quote greek">κύει πόλις ἥδε</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 39 </span> . </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> rarely c.acc., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be pregnant with</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:543b:22" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:543b.22/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 543b22 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">παιδίον</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:2:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0062.tlg069:2.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Luc.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">DMeretr.</span> 2.4 </a> : metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἡ ψυχή μου ἀεὶ τοῦτο κύουσα</span> (al. <span class="foreign greek">κυοῦσα</span>) <span class="quote greek"> διῆγεν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:35" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0032.tlg007.perseus-grc1:5:4:35/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">X.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Cyr.</span> 5.4.35 </a> :— Pass., <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">to be borne in the womb</span>, <span class="quote greek">τὰ κυόμενα παιδία</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:860a:21" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg036:860a.21/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span> 860a21 </a> , <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2:99c" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2003.tlg001:2.99c/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Jul.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 2.99c </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> in aor. Act. <span class="foreign greek">ἔκῡσα</span>, causal, of the male, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">impregnate</span>, metaph., <span class="quote greek">ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:44:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg008:44.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.</span> 44.4 </a> :—aor. Med. <span class="foreign greek">ἐκῡσάμην</span>, of the female, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">conceive</span>, <span class="quote greek">οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:125" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:125/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hes.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 125 </a> , cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:405" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0020.tlg001.perseus-grc1:405/canonical-url/"> 405 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0013.tlg001.perseus-grc1:4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">h.Hom.</span> 1.4 </a>; <span class="foreign greek">Ζηνί</span> by Zeus, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0242.tlg002:1:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0242.tlg002:1.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Asius</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Fr.Ep.</span> 1.3 </a> K.; <span class="quote greek">ὅσσους .. Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:112" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0221.tlg001:112/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Euph.</span> 112 </a> .—The forms <span class="foreign greek">κυέω</span> and <span class="foreign greek">κύω</span> seem synonymous, but <span class="foreign greek">κυέω </span>(<span class="etym greek">κυῶ</span>) is the better-attested form in Att. Prose (<span class="foreign greek">κύοντα</span> only v.l. in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:151b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg006.perseus-grc1:151b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Tht.</span> 151b </a>, <span class="foreign greek">κύοντες</span> is read in <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:544a:23" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:544a.23/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 544a23 </a> ( v.l. <span class="ref greek">κύονες, ποιοῦντες</span> )<span class="foreign greek">, κύοντα</span> ib.<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:585a:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:585a.3/canonical-url/"> 585a3 </a>, <span class="foreign greek">κυόμενα</span> (v.l.-<span class="itype greek">ούμενα</span>) <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Pr.</span>l.c., <span class="foreign greek">κυόμενον</span> (v.l.-<span class="itype greek">ούμενον</span>) <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:730b:4" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg012:730b.4/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">GA</span> 730b4 </a>, but <span class="quote greek">κυοῦντες</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:610b:3" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg014:610b.3/canonical-url/"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">HA</span> 610b3 </a> ; <span class="quote greek">ἐκύομεν</span> <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">LXX</span> </span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">ls.</span> <span class="bibl"> 59.13 </span>).—The pres. <span class="foreign greek">κύω</span> has <span class="pron greek">ῠ</span> in verse, but forms of <span class="foreign greek">κῠέω</span> can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aor. <span class="foreign greek">ἔκῡσα</span>.</div> </div><br><br>'}