κλέω

kleo

tell of, make famous, celebrate

Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.

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Odyssey 3
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Book 1 1
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1338
Book 13 1
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13299
Book 17 1
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17418
Iliad 1
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Book 24 1
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24202

Dictionary (LSJ)

κλέω (A), Ep. κλείω (as Hom. always in Act., but in Pass. only κλέομαι; Trag. only κλέω, in lyr.), A. tell of, make famous, celebrate, ἔργʼ ἀνδρῶν . . τά τε κλείουσιν ἀοιδοί Od. 1.338, cf.h.Hom. 32.19; ἐγὼ δέ κέ σε κλείω Od. 17.418, cf. Hes. Op. 1, Th. 105, Stesich. 35, Inscr.Cos 218.7, prob. in Hermesian. 7.33; ἔν τʼ ἀλύροις κλέοντες ὕμνοις E. Alc. 447; Θέτιν . . κλέουσαι Id. IA 1046; κλέωἁ τὸν Ἀμύκλαις σιόν, Lacon. for κλέουσα τὸν Ἀμ. θεόν, Ar. Lys. 1299:—Med., γῆρυν, ἃν σοφοὶ κλέονται E. Fr. 369.7:—Pass., to be famed: c. dat., for a thing, φρένες . . ᾗς τὸ πάρος περ ἔκλεʼ (for ἐκλέεο) Il. 24.202; ἐγὼ δʼ ἐν πᾶσι θεοῖσι μήτι τε κλέομαι καὶ κέρδεσιν Od. 13.299; κλέεσθαι ἐν φορμίγγεσσι to be celebrated in lyric strains, Pi. I. 5(4).27; ἔνθʼ . . ἀγοραὶ Πυλάτιδες κλέονται where are held the famous meetings, prob. in S. Tr. 639 (lyr.). II. c. acc. et inf., sing how . . , B. 15.13. (κλεϝ-, cf. κλέος, κλὐω, Lat. clueo: Skt. śrutás ( = κλυτός) ‘famous’, śṛṇóti ‘hear’.)

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