κυέω

English (LSJ)

older and more Att. form of κύω, Il.23.266, etc. (Aeol.(?) part. fem.

   A κύεσσα Hsch.; Arc. κύενσα IG5(2).514.12 (Lycosura); Coan κυεῦσα Schwyzer 251 B 3, written κυεοσα ib.A 61 (iv/iii B.C.)): impf. 3sg.ἐκύει Il.19.117: fut.κυήσω Hp.Mul.1.17, Steril.214, κυήσομαι v.l. in Mul.1.76: aor. ἐκύησα Ar.Th.641, Pl.Smp.203c, etc.: pf. κεκύηκα Philem.107, D.C.45.1, S.E.P.2.106:—Med., v. infr.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι Gal.UP16.10: aor. ἐκυήθην Plu.2.567f: pf. κεκύηται Porph. Abst.1.54:—bear in the womb, be pregnant with, ἐκύει φίλον υἱόν Il.19.117; of a mare, βρέφος ἡμίονον κυέουσα 23.266: metaph., of the soul, κυοῦσι γὰρ πάντες . . καὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν Pl.Smp.206c; ἐκύησε τὸν Ἔρωτα ib.203c; ἃ κυεῖ περὶ ἐπιστήμης [the thoughts] with which he is in travail... Id.Tht.184b, cf. 210b; ἂ τῇ ψυχῇ προσήκει καὶ κυῆσαι καὶ κυεῖν (v.l. τεκεῖν) both to have conceived and to bring forth, Id.Smp.209a:—Pass., of the embryo or foetus, Id.Lg. 789a, Epin.973d, Arist.GA777a23; of fruits, to be formed, Thphr.HP 4.2.4:—Med., bring forth, Opp.C.3.22; ἡ κεκυημένη, Lat.foeta, Et. Gud.s.v. κοκίας: metaph., τὰς εὐτυχεῖς ὠδῖνας κυησαμένη Him.Or. 7.4.    b in Botany, produce flowers, Thphr.HP6.4.8.    2 abs., to be big or pregnant, conceive, ἐκύησε Hdt.5.41; στεριφὴ γάρ εἰμι κοὐκ ἐκύησα πώποτε Ar.Th.641, cf.Lys.745, Men.Sam.303, etc.; κυέουσαν ἐκ τοῦ προτέρου ἀνδρός Hdt.6.68, cf. And.1.125, Lys.13.42; γυνὴ κυεῖ δέκα μῆνας; Men.413; πενθ' ἕτη ἐκύησε IG42(1).121.3 (Epid.). (Cf. κύω, Skt. śváyati 'swell', Lat.inciens 'pregnant'.)