κύω: Difference between revisions

|Definition=post-Hom. form of <b class="b3">κυέω</b> (aor. 1 in Ep., v. infr. <span class="bibl">11</span>): <span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">I</span> in pres. and impf., of females, [[conceive]], <b class="b3">Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ</b>. Orac. ap. <span class="bibl">Hdt.5.92</span>.<b class="b3">β</b>, cf. <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Fr.</span>609</span>, <span class="bibl">Pl.<span class="title">Lg.</span>789e</span>, etc.; κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>2.1</span>; κ. ἀπό τινος <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Gall.</span>19</span>: metaph., κύει πόλις ἥδε <span class="bibl">Thgn.39</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> rarely c.acc., [[to be pregnant with]], οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>543b22</span>; παιδίον <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">DMeretr.</span>2.4</span>: metaph., <b class="b3">ἡ ψυχή μου ἀεὶ τοῦτο κύουσα</b> (al. <b class="b3">κυοῦσα</b>) διῆγεν <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Cyr.</span>5.4.35</span>:—Pass., [[to be borne in the womb]], τὰ κυόμενα παιδία <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Pr.</span>860a21</span>, <span class="bibl">Jul.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.99c</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> in aor. Act. <b class="b3">ἔκῡσα</b>, causal, of the male, [[impregnate]], metaph., ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Fr.</span>44.4</span>:—aor. Med. <b class="b3">ἐκῡσάμην</b>, of the female, [[conceive]], οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη <span class="bibl">Hes.<span class="title">Th.</span>125</span>, cf. <span class="bibl">405</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>1.4</span>; <b class="b3">Ζηνί</b> by Zeus, <span class="bibl">Asius <span class="title">Fr.Ep.</span>1.3</span> K.; ὅσσους… Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ <span class="bibl">Euph.112</span>.—The forms <b class="b3">κυέω</b> and <b class="b3">κύω</b> seem synonymous, but <b class="b3">κυέω</b> (κυῶ) is the better-attested form in Att. Prose (<b class="b3">κύοντα</b> only v.l. in <span class="bibl">Pl. <span class="title">Tht.</span>151b</span>, <b class="b3">κύοντες</b> is read in <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">HA</span>544a23</span> (v.l. [[κύονες]], [[ποιοῦντες]]) <b class="b3">, κύοντα</b> ib.<span class="bibl">585a3</span>, <b class="b3">κυόμενα</b> (v.l. -ούμενα) <span class="title">Pr.</span>l.c., <b class="b3">κυόμενον</b> (v.l. -ούμενον) <span class="bibl"><span class="title">GA</span>730b4</span>, but κυοῦντες <span class="bibl"><span class="title">HA</span>610b3</span>; ἐκύομεν LXX [[ls]].59.13).—The pres. <b class="b3">κύω</b> has ῠ in verse, but forms of <b class="b3">κῠέω</b> can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aor. <b class="b3">ἔκῡσα</b>.</span>