κλαίω: Difference between revisions

|etymtx=Grammatical information: v.<br />Meaning: <b class="b2">lament, bewail, weep over</b>.<br />Other forms: Att. also <b class="b3">κλάω</b> (Schwyzer 266), aor. <b class="b3">κλαῦσαι</b> (Il.), pass. <b class="b3">κλαυ(σ)θῆναι</b> (Lyc., J.), fut. <b class="b3">κλαύσομαι</b> (Il.), <b class="b3">κλαύσω</b> (Theoc.), <b class="b3">κλα(ι)ήσω</b> (Att.; vgl. Chantraine BSL 28, 15), also <b class="b3">κλαυσούμεθα</b>? (Ar. Pax 1081; cf. Schwyzer 786), perf. <b class="b3">κέκλαυμαι</b> (A., S.), <b class="b3">-σμαι</b> (Lyl., Plu.), fut. <b class="b3">κεκλαύσομαι</b> (Ar.),<br />Compounds: rarely with prefix like <b class="b3">μετα-</b>, <b class="b3">συν-</b>,<br />Derivatives: 1. <b class="b3">κλαυθμός</b> [[weeping]] (Il.) with several derivv.: <b class="b3">κλαυθμώδης</b> <b class="b2">suffocated from weeping</b> (Hp.), <b class="b3">κλαυθμηρός</b> [[weeping]] (sch.), <b class="b3">κλαυθμών</b> <b class="b2">place for weeping</b> (LXX); <b class="b3">κλαυθμυρίζομαι</b>, <b class="b3">-ίζω</b> [[moan]] (Hp., [Pl.] Ax.), expressive cross of <b class="b3">κλαυθμός</b> and <b class="b3">μύρομαι</b> with ending after the verbs in <b class="b3">-ίζομαι</b> (cf. Schwyzer 644), with <b class="b3">κλαυθμυρισμός</b> (Is., Plu.). - 2. <b class="b3">κλαύματα</b> pl. [[moaning]], [[lamenting]] (Att.), <b class="b3">κλαύσματα</b> (Porph.). - 3. <b class="b3">κλαυμοναί</b> pl. <b class="b2">id.</b> (Pl. Lg. 792a; after Stob. <b class="b3">κλαυθμοναί</b> [s. on 1.]; cf. <b class="b3">πημοναί</b>). - 4. <b class="b3">κλαῦσις</b> [[weeping]] (hell.) with <b class="b3">κλαυσιάω</b> <b class="b2">long to weep</b> (Ar. Pl. 1099), <b class="b3">κλαυσί-γελως</b> m. <b class="b2">with weeping combined laughing</b> (X.) - 5. <b class="b3">κλαυστήρ</b> [[cryer]] (Man.) and <b class="b3">κλαυστικός</b> (Apoll. Lex.); <b class="b3">κλαυ(σ)τός</b> (A., S.). - Quite uncertain is the present <b class="b3">κλαύθονται</b> (PTeb. 3, 7; Epigramm; poetical momentary formation?, cf. Schwyzer 703).<br />Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [599]. PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin] <b class="b2">*klau-</b> [[weep]]<br />Etymology: From <b class="b3">κλαύ-σομαι</b>, <b class="b3">κλαυ-θμός</b> a. o. we see a present <b class="b3">*κλάϜ-ι̯ω</b>. - A connection gives only Alb. [[klanj]], [[kanj]] [[weep]] from <b class="b2">*klau-n-i̯ō</b> with combination of nasal- and yot-suffix (Brugmann Grundr.2 2 : 3, 382); cf. Mann Lang. 26, 381. If IE from *kleh2u-? But there is no further connection with any IRE language, so Pre-Greek?