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|Definition=Ion. impf.<br><span class="bld">A</span> κλέπτεσκον Hdt.2.174: fut. κλέψω Ar.''Ec.''667, etc., κλέψομαι X.''Cyr.''7.4.13: aor. ἔκλεψα Il.5.268, etc.: pf. κέκλοφα Ar.''Pl.''369, 372, Pl.''Lg.''941d; later part. κεκλεβώς ''IG''5(1).1390.75 (Andania, i B.C.):—Pass., aor. 1 ἐκλέφθην Hdt.5.84, E.''Or.''1580: aor. 2 <b class="b3">ἐκλάπην</b> [ᾰ] Pl.''R.''413b, X.''Eq.Mag.''4.17; later part. κλεπείς ''BGU''454.19 (ii A.D.): pf. κέκλεμμαι S.''Ant.''681, Ar.''V.''57. (Cf. Lat. [[clepo|clepere]], Goth. hlifan ([[κλέπτειν]]), hliftus ([[κλέπτης]])):—[[steal]], c. acc. or abs., Il.24.24, 71, 109; <b class="b3">τῆς γενεῆς ἔκλεψε</b> from that breed [[Anchises]] [[steal|stole]], i.e. [[foal]]s of that [[breed]], 5.268; κλέπτουσιν ἐφ' ἁρπαγῇ ἄλλοθεν ἄλλος Sol.4.13; κ. [[μοιχεύειν]] τε Xenoph.11.3; ἢν μηδὲν μήτε κλέπτῃ μήτε ἀδικῇ Democr.253; κλέπτω τι παρ' ἀλλήλων Hdt.1.186; κλέπτω ἐξ ἱερῶν Pl.''Lg.''857b; [[carry off]], κλέψεν Μήδειαν Pi.''P.''4.250; <b class="b3">πυρὸς σέλας κλέπτω</b>, of [[Prometheus]], A.''Pr.''8; κλέψαι τε χἀρπάσαι βίᾳ S.''Ph.'' 644; <b class="b3">κλέπτω τοὺς μηνύοντας</b> [[spirit away]] the [[deponent]]s, Antipho 5.38; <b class="b3">ἐξ ἐπάλξεων πλεκταῖσιν ἐς γῆν σῶμα κλέπτω</b> [[let]] it down [[secretly]], E.''Tr.''958, cf. 1010; <b class="b3">κλέπτω μορφάς</b>, of painters, [[steal]] forms (by transferring them to canvas), Luc.''Epigr.''41.<br><span class="bld">2</span> in part. Act., [[thievish]], <b class="b3">κλέπτον βλέπει</b> = he has a [[thief]]'s [[look]], Ar.''V.''900; <b class="b3">κλέπτον τὸ χρῆμα τἀνδρός</b> he's an arrant [[thief]], ib.933.<br><span class="bld">II</span> c.acc. pers., [[cozen]], [[cheat]], [[πάρφασις]], ἥ τ' ἔκλεψε νόον Il.14.217; <b class="b3">οὐκ ἔστι Διὸς κλέψαι νόον</b> Hes: ''Th.''613; μὴ κλέπτε νόῳ Il.1.132; <b class="b3">κλέπτει νιν οὐ θεός, οὐ βροτός, ἔργοις οὔτε</b> βουλαῖς Pi.''P.''3.29; σοφία κλέπτει παράγοισα μύθοις Id.''N.''7.23; οὔτοι φρέν' ἂν κλέψειεν A.''Ch.''854, cf. S.''Tr.''243, etc.; τὴν γνώμην Hp.''Epid.'' 5.27; κλέπτω τὴν ἀκρόασιν Aeschin.3.99:—Pass., κλέπτεται ὁ [[ἀκροατής]] Arist.''Rh.''1408b5; <b class="b3">προβαίνειν κλεπτόμενος</b> to go on [[blindfold]], Hdt.7.49; <b class="b3">κλέπτεταί οἱ ἡ αὐγή</b> his [[vision]] [[become]]s [[deceptive]], Hp.''Morb.''2.12; κλαπέντες ἢ βιασθέντες τοῦτο πάσχουσιν Pl.''R.''l.c.: impers., [[κλέπτεται]] = [[the deception is passed off]], Arist.''Rh.''1404b24.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[conceal]], [[keep secret]], θεοῖο γόνον Pi.''O.''6.36; θυμῷ δεῖμα Id.''P.''4.96; [[disguise]], <b class="b3">διαβολαῖς νέαις κλέψας τὰ πρόσθε σφάλματ</b>' E.''Supp.''416; τοῖς ὀνόμασι κλέπτω τὰ πράγματα Aeschin.3.142; τοὺς ἑαυτῶν κλέπτω X.''Eq.Mag.''5.2; κλέπτω ἑαυτὸν ὀφθαλμῶν τε καὶ ὤτων Philostr.''VS''1.7.2; κλέπτω τοῦ διανοήματος τὴν ἄδειαν Demetr.''Eloc.''239:—Pass., <b class="b3">κλέπτεται τὸ μετρικόν</b> ib.182, cf. Them.''in Ph.''276.26, Paul.Aeg.6.103.<br><span class="bld">IV</span> [[do]] [[secretly]] or [[do]] [[treacherously]]. <b class="b3">δόλοισι κλέπτω σφαγάς</b> = [[execute]] [[slaughter]] [[by]] [[secret]] [[fraud]]s, S.''El.''37; πόλλ' ἂν… λάθρᾳ σὺ κλέψειας κακά Id.''Aj.''1137; <b class="b3">κλέπτω μύθους</b> [[whisper]] [[malicious]] [[rumour]]s, ib.188(lyr.); <b class="b3">κλέπτων ἢ βιαζόμενος</b> = by [[fraud]] or [[open]] [[force]], Pl.''Lg.''933e; <b class="b3">ταῦτα κλέπτοντες ταῖς πράξεσιν</b>, i.e. <b class="b3">λάθρᾳ πράττοντες</b>, ib.910b; <b class="b3">κλεπτομένη λαλιά</b> [[secret]], [[clandestine]], Luc.''Am.''15, etc.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[seize]] [[secretly]] or [[occupy]] [[secretly]], τὰ ὄρη X.''An.''5.6.9, cf. 4.6.11, 15; τὴν ἀρχήν D.H.4.10.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[effect]] [[clandestinely]] or [[bring about]] [[clandestinely]], γάμον κλέπτω δώροις Theoc.22.151:—Pass., to [[be smuggled in]], Arist.''Rh.Al.''1440b21.<br><span class="bld">4</span> [[get rid of imperceptibly]], <b class="b3">τὸ δοκεῖν</b>… D.H.''Rh.''8.7; τῇ ποικιλίᾳ τὸν κόρον Id.''Comp.''19:—Pass., τοῦ πόσου κλεπτομένου Plot.4.7.5.