κύω

English (LSJ)

post-Hom. form of κυέω (aor. 1 in Ep., v. infr. 11):    I in pres. and impf., of females, conceive, Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ. Orac. ap. Hdt.5.92.β, cf. Ar.Fr.609, Pl.Lg.789e, etc.; κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη Luc.DMeretr.2.1; κ. ἀπό τινος Id.Gall.19: metaph., κύει πόλις ἥδε Thgn.39.    2 rarely c.acc., to be pregnant with, οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα Arist.HA543b22; παιδίον Luc.DMeretr.2.4: metaph., ἡ ψυχή μου ἀεὶ τοῦτο κύουσα (al. κυοῦσα) διῆγεν X.Cyr.5.4.35:—Pass., to be borne in the womb, τὰ κυόμενα παιδία Arist.Pr.860a21, Jul.Or.2.99c.    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.HA544a23 (v.l. κύονες, ποιοῦντες) , κύοντα ib.585a3, κυόμενα (v.l. -ούμενα) Pr.l.c., κυόμενον (v.l. -ούμενον) GA730b4, but κυοῦντες HA610b3; 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.