κύω

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

κυέω (kuéō)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- (“to swell”). Cognate with κύριος (kúrios), Latin cumulus, cavus.

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /ký.ɔː/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈky.o/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈky.o/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈcy.o/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.o/

Verb

κῠ́ω • (kúō)

(present and imperfect) to conceive, become pregnant
1. (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
		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.

Imperfect: ἔκῠον, ἐκῠόμην

number		singular			dual		plural
		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.

Aorist: ἔκῡσᾰ, ἐκῡσᾰ́μην

number		singular			dual		plural
		first	second	third	second	third	first	second	third
active	indicative	ἔκῡσᾰ	ἔκῡσᾰς	ἔκῡσε(ν)	ἐκῡ́σᾰτον	ἐκῡσᾰ́την	ἐκῡ́σᾰμεν	ἐκῡ́σᾰτε	ἔκῡσᾰν
	subjunctive	κῡ́σω	κῡ́σῃς	κῡ́σῃ	κῡ́σητον	κῡ́σητον	κῡ́σωμεν	κῡ́σητε	κῡ́σωσῐ(ν)
	optative	κῡ́σαιμῐ	κῡ́σειᾰς, κῡ́σαις	κῡ́σειε(ν), κῡ́σαι	κῡ́σαιτον	κῡσαίτην	κῡ́σαιμεν	κῡ́σαιτε	κῡ́σειᾰν, κῡ́σαιεν
	imperative		κῦσον	κῡσᾰ́τω	κῡ́σᾰτον	κῡσᾰ́των		κῡ́σᾰτε	κῡσᾰ́ντων
middle	indicative	ἐκῡσᾰ́μην	ἐκῡ́σω	ἐκῡ́σᾰτο	ἐκῡ́σᾰσθον	ἐκῡσᾰ́σθην	ἐκῡσᾰ́μεθᾰ	ἐκῡ́σᾰσθε	ἐκῡ́σᾰντο
	subjunctive	κῡ́σωμαι	κῡ́σῃ	κῡ́σηται	κῡ́σησθον	κῡ́σησθον	κῡσώμεθᾰ	κῡ́σησθε	κῡ́σωνται
	optative	κῡσαίμην	κῡ́σαιο	κῡ́σαιτο	κῡ́σαισθον	κῡσαίσθην	κῡσαίμεθᾰ	κῡ́σαισθε	κῡ́σαιντο
	imperative		κῦσαι	κῡσᾰ́σθω	κῡ́σᾰσθον	κῡσᾰ́σθων		κῡ́σᾰσθε	κῡσᾰ́σθων
		active			middle
infinitive		κῦσαι			κῡ́σᾰσθαι
participle	m	κῡ́σᾱς			κῡσᾰ́μενος
	f	κῡ́σᾱσᾰ			κῡσᾰμένη
	n	κῦσᾰν			κῡσᾰ́μενον
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For conjugation in dialects other than Attic, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal conjugation.

Derived terms

κῦμᾰ (kûma)

References

Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), volume II, 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

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