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|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">be or become pregnant</b> (<b class="b3">τινά</b>, <b class="b3">τί</b> <b class="b2">with a young</b>), Il.<br />Other forms: <b class="b3">κυήσω</b> (Hdt.), <b class="b3">κυῆσαι</b> (IA.), <b class="b3">κεκύηκα</b> (hell.), <b class="b3">κυηθῆναι</b>, <b class="b3">-θήσεσθαι</b> (late); older aorist <b class="b3">κύσασθαι</b> (Il.) with causal active <b class="b3">κῦσαι</b> (A.), younger present <b class="b3">κύω</b> (since Arist., LXX); also <b class="b3">κυίσκομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ω</b> (IA.);<br />Compounds: sometimes with prefix, e.g. <b class="b3">ἐπι-</b>, <b class="b3">ἀπο-</b>, <b class="b3">συγ-κυέομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-κυίσκομαι</b> (<b class="b3">-ίσκω</b>), <b class="b3">ὑπο-κυσαμένη</b> (Il.).<br />Derivatives: Verbal nouns: <b class="b3">κύημα</b> [[foetus]], [[embryo]] (IA.), <b class="b3">-ησις</b> [[conception]], [[pregnancy]], [[embryo]] (Pl., Arist., Thphr.), <b class="b3">κύος</b> n. = <b class="b3">κύημα</b> (Ar. Fr. 609, inscr. Keos) with <b class="b3">κυόεις</b> (Kos, IIIa); <b class="b3">ἀπο-κυη-τικός</b> <b class="b2">capable of giving birth</b> (Astrol.), <b class="b3">κυητήριος</b> <b class="b2">promoting pregnancy</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">κυήτωρ</b> [[begetter]] (Cyran.; of a bird); <b class="b3">κυηρόν ἔγκυον</b>, <b class="b3">ἁπαλόν</b>, <b class="b3">βλαστόν</b> H. Compp., e.g. <b class="b3">κυο-φορέω</b> <b class="b2">be pregnant, be with young</b> with <b class="b3">-φορία</b>, <b class="b3">-ησις</b> (LXX, med. etc.), <b class="b3">-φόρος</b> (pap., EM); <b class="b3">ἔγ-κυος</b> [[pregnant]] (Ion., Arist.); <b class="b3">κύ-ουρα</b> f. name of a plant, which was used to procure abortion (Stob.; Strömberg Pflanzennamen 95).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European] [592] <b class="b2">*ḱuh₂-</b> [[swell]]<br />Etymology: On <b class="b3">κῦμα</b> (<b class="b3">ἐγ-κύμων</b>), <b class="b3">κύριος</b> (<b class="b3">κῦρος</b>) s. vv. With <b class="b3">κυέω</b> can be equated Skt. <b class="b2">śváyati</b> <b class="b2">be or become great, strong, powerful, get strong, increase</b>: IE. <b class="b2">*ḱuh₂-éi̯e-(ti</b>), (Schulze KZ 27, 605 = Kl. Schr. 363); <b class="b2">h₂</b> is shown by <b class="b3">κύαρ</b>. Beside this secondary present stands in very old times the primary middle aorist <b class="b3">κύσασθαι</b> (Skt. has the themat. root-aor. <b class="b2">á-śv-a-t</b> [would be Gr. <b class="b3">*ἔ-κυ-ε</b>; to this as innovation <b class="b3">κύω</b>?]). - From the many forms, esp. petrified and isolated verbal nouns, we mention the pres. ptc. Av. <b class="b2">si-sp-i-mna-</b>'rising up' (of a river-wave; cf. <b class="b3">κῦμα</b>), Welsh [[cyw]] m. <b class="b2">young animal</b> (IE. <b class="b2">*ḱu₂o-</b> m.; cf. <b class="b3">ἔγ-κυος</b>, <b class="b3">κυο-φορέω</b>, <b class="b3">κύος</b> n.), Lat. [[inciēns]] [[pregnant]] (loan from <b class="b3">ἔγκυος</b>, s. Ernout-Meillet; diff. W.-Hofmann); three more forms s. <b class="b3">κύριος</b> (where also on the ablaut); [not <b class="b3">κύαμος</b>, <b class="b3">πᾶς</b>, <b class="b3">πέπαμαι</b>]. On suppoed connection to words for [[hollow]], [[empty]] s. <b class="b3">κύαρ</b>. - Pok. 592ff., W.-Hofmann s. [[inciēns]] and [[cavus]] . - Hitt. <b class="b2">šuwa-</b> [[swell]] (?), Götze Lang. 30, 404, must remain separate because of the anlaut.

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