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κλαίω

κλαίω, κλαίω, weep (verb)

κλαίω, old Att. κλάω (v. infr.) [ᾱ] never contracted; Aeol. κλαΐω Lyr.Adesp. 65; Ep. 2 sg. opt. κλαίοισθα Il. 24.619: Att. impf. ἔκλᾱον, Ep. κλαῖον Od. 10.201, Ion. κλαίεσκον Il. 8.364, Hdt. 3.119, A. Fr. 312: fut. κλαύσομαι, 2 sg. κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, Il. 18.340, Ar. V. 1327 (lyr.), Nu. 58, 933 (anap.), E. Cyc. 554, etc., rarely κλαυσοῦμαι Ar. Pax 1081, 1277 (in mock heroic verses); Att. also κλαιήσω Hyp. Dem. Fr. 10, κλᾱήσω D. 19.310, 21.99, later κλαύσω Theoc. 23.34, D.H. 4.70, Ev.Jo. 16.20, Man. 3.143: aor. ἔκλαυσα, Ep. κλαῦσα Od. 3.261:—Med., aor. ἐκλαυσάμην S. Tr. 153, AP 7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—Pass., fut. κλαυσθήσομαι LXX Ps. 77(78).64, κεκλαύσομαι Ar. Nu. 1436: aor. ἐκλαύσθην Lyc. 831, J. AJ 8.11.1 (v.l. κλαυθείς), IG 14.2128: pf. κέκλαυμαι A. Ch. 687, S. OT 1490, κέκλαυσμαι Lyc. 273, Plu. Cons.Apoll. 2.115b. [κλάω [ᾱ] is recognized as Att. by A.D. Adv. 187.26, and is found in codd. of Ar. Av. 341, Pl. Lg. 792a, Phlb. 48a: ἔκλᾰε in later poetry, Theoc. 14.32, dub. in Hermesian. 7.33 (cf. κλέω A).] (κλᾰϝ-yω, cf. κλαυ-θμός, etc.)
    • I intr., cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως Od. 10.201; πρὸς οὐρανόν Il. 8.364; τῆς ἄρα κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο Od. 20.92; for the dead, Il. 19.297, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες κλαύσονται 18.340; κλαίοντα καὶ ὀδυρόμενον Pl. R. 388b, etc.; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγονται; Arist. Pr. 900a20; δάκρυσι κ. D.C. 59.27; of infants, Sor. 1.107, al.; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τʼ οἰωνοί κτλ. Od. 16.216, cf. Eust. 1799.57.
      • 2 αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω I shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, Il. 2.263: freq. in Att., κλαύσεται he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, Ar. V. 1327 (lyr.), Pl. 174, al.; κλαύσομαι Id. Nu. 58; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, Id. Pax 255, cf. 1277; κλαύσῃ φιλῶν τὸν οἶνον E. Cyc. 554; κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας A. Supp. 925; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, S. OT 401, 1152, Ant. 754; κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε E. Heracl. 270, cf. Hipp. 1086; δεῦρʼ ἔλθʼ ἵνα κλάῃς Ar. Nu. 58; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opp. χαίρειν σοι λέγω) Id. Pl. 62, cf. Hdt. 4.127; κλάειν εἴπωμεν Eup. 363; κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον Ar. Ach. 1131; κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας Id. Eq. 433; σὲ δʼ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, Id. Pl. 612 (anap.), cf. V. 584.
    • II trans., weep for, lament, κλαῖεν ἔπειτʼ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν Od. 1.363, cf. Il. 20.210; τι A. Ag. 890, S. El. 1117; τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη Plu. Alc. 33:— Pass., to be mourned or lamented, ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου A. Ch. 687: impers., μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται Ar. Nu. 1436.
      • 2 cry for, of infants, μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς Arr. Epict. 2.16.39.
    • III Med., bewail oneself, weep aloud, A. Th. 920 (lyr.): pf. part. Pass. κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, Id. Ch. 457 (lyr.), 731, S. OT 1490.
      • 2 trans., bewail to oneself, πάθη . . πόλλʼ ἔγωγʼ ἐκλαυσάμην Id. Tr. 153; κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς A. Ag. 1096 (lyr.).

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