κλαίω

κλαίω, old [dialect] Att. [full] κλάω (v. infr.) [pron. full] [ᾱ] never contracted; [dialect] Aeol. [full] κλαΐω Lyr.Adesp.65; [dialect] Ep.[ per.] 2sg.opt.

A

κλαίοισθα Il.24.619

: [dialect] Att.[tense] impf.ἔκλᾱον, [dialect] Ep.

κλαῖον Od.10.201

, [dialect] Ion.

κλαίεσκον Il.8.364

, Hdt.3.119, A.Fr.312: [tense] fut. κλαύσομαι, [ per.] 2sg. κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, Il.18.340, Ar.V.1327 (lyr.), Nu.58, 933 (anap.), E.Cyc.554, etc., rarely

κλαυσοῦμαι Ar.Pax1081

, 1277 (in mock heroic verses); [dialect] 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: [tense] aor. ἔκλαυσα, [dialect] Ep.

κλαῦσα Od.3.261

:—[voice] Med., [tense] aor.

ἐκλαυσάμην S.Tr.153

, AP7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—[voice] Pass., [tense] fut.

κλαυσθήσομαι LXX Ps. 77(78).64

,

κεκλαύσομαι Ar.Nu.1436

: [tense] aor.

ἐκλαύσθην Lyc.831

, J.AJ8.11.1 (v.l. κλαυθείς), IG14.2128: [tense] pf.

κέκλαυμαι A.Ch.687

, S.OT1490,

κέκλαυσμαι Lyc.273

, Plu.2.115b. [κλάω [ᾱ] is recognized as [dialect] 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-ψω, 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 τ' οἰωνοί κτλ. Od.16.216, cf. Eust.1799.57.

2

αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω 1

shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, Il.2.263: freq.in [dialect] 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.Pax255, 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.OT401, 1152, Ant.754;

κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε E.Heracl.270

, cf. Hipp.1086;

δεῦρ' ἔλθ' 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

; σέ δ' ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, Id.Pl.612 (anap.), cf.V.584.

II trans., weep for, lament,

κλαῖεν ἔπειτ' Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν Od.1.363

, cf. Il.20.210; τι A.Ag.890, S.El.1117;

τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη Plu.Alc.33

:— [voice] 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 [voice] Med., bewail oneself, weep aloud, A.Th.920 (lyr.): [tense] pf. part. [voice] Pass. κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, Id.Ch.457 (lyr.), 731, S.OT1490.

2 trans., bewail to oneself,

πάθη . . πόλλ' ἔγωγ' ἐκλαυσάμην Id.Tr.153

;

κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς A.Ag.1096

(lyr.).