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κλύω

klyo

hear

Appears 65 times across Homer's epics.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

κλύω, Hes. Op. 726, etc.: impf. ἔκλυον with aor. sense, poet. κλύον Id. Th. 474, B. 16.67; 3sg. ἔκλεεν Maiist. 58: aor. imper. κλῦθι Il. 1.37, etc.; pl.κλῦτε Pi. O. 14.4; also with Ep.redupl. κέκλῠθι Il. 10.284, A.R. 4.783, κέκλῠτε Il. 3.86, etc.; also sg. κέκλῠκε Epich. 190. (Cf. κλέω A.) [ῠ, exc. in imper. κλῠθι and κλῦτε.]:—A. hear, Hom., etc.; κλύειν, ἀκοῦσαι Ar. Ra. 1173: poet. word (Com. only in mock Trag., Ar.l.c., Av. 407, 416, Pherecr. 145.1):—Constr.: c.gen. pers. et acc. rei, hear a thing from a person, κέκλυτέ μευ . . μῦθον Ἀλεξάνδροιο Il. 3.86, cf. Od. 2.25, S. OT 235, etc.; τι ἔκ τινος Od. 19.93; τι πρός τινος S. OT 429: c. gen. pers. only, esp. with part. added, οὐδʼ ἔκλυον αὐδήσαντος Il. 10.47, cf. Od. 4.505, S. OC 1406, 1642: c. acc. rei only, ἀγγελίην ἔκλυεν Od. 2.30; κ. βάξιν Emp. 112.11; κλύε εὐχὰν Ζεύς B.l.c., cf. A. Pr. 124 (anap.), 588 (lyr.), etc.: c. gen.rei, θεὰ δέ μευ ἔκλυεν αὐδῆς Od. 10.311; θεὰ δέ οἱ ἔκλυεν ἀρῆς 4.767; κέκλυτέ μευ μύθων 12.271, etc.: c. gen. objecti, hear of a person or thing, S. OC 307, Ant. 1182: with part., κ. νεκροὺς θανόντας A. Th. 837 (lyr.); ὃν κλύεις . . ὄντα δεσπότην S. Ph. 261, cf. 427: less freq. c.acc. et inf., ποῦ κλύεις νιν . . ἱδρῦσθαι; Id. Tr. 68: κ. ὁθούνεκα hear that . . , Id. El. 1307: pres. with pf. sense, have heard or learnt, know, εἰ καὶ μὴ κλύεις τῶν ἀγγέλων Id. OT 305, cf. Ph. 261, Tr. 422, 425; λόγῳ κ. E. Hipp. 1004: abs. in part., κλύοντες οὐκ ἤκουον A. Pr. 448, cf. S. Ant. 691, etc. 2. perceive generally, μάλιστα δέ τʼ ἔκλυον αὐτοί they themselves know [the blessing] most, Od. 6.185; κλῦθι ἰδὼν ἀΐων τε Hes. Op. 9. II. give ear to, attend to, τοῦ κλύον ἠδʼ ἐπίθοντο Il. 15.300, etc.: imper., κέκλυτέ μευ, πάντες τε θεοὶ πᾶσαί τε θέαιναι 8.5; esp. in prayers, give ear to me, κλῦθί μευ, Ἀργυρότοξε 1.37: c. dat., give ear to, καί τʼ ἔκλυες ᾧ κʼ ἐθέλῃσθα (of Hermes) 24.335; κλῦθί μοι v.l.5.115 (v. ἐγώ II); κλῦτέ μοι εὐχομένῳ Sol. 13.2 = Crates Theb. 10.2, cf. Epic. Oxy. 214r.10 (iii A.D.), Thgn. 13; comply with, obey, θυγατρὶ φίλῃ μάλα μὲν κλύον ἠδʼ ἐπίθοντο Hes. Th. 474: also c. gen., κακῶν κ. φρενῶν A. Ag. 1064; οἴακος Id. Supp. 718; τῶν ἐν τέλει S. Aj. 1352, cf. OC 740, etc. III. in Trag. like ἀκούω III, to be called or spoken of: with Adv., εὖ or κακῶς κ., A. Ag. 468 (lyr.), S. Tr. 721; πρός τινος Id. El. 524; κλύειν δικαίως (nisi leg. δίκαιος) μᾶλλον ἢ πρᾶξαι θέλεις A. Eu. 430: with a Noun, κ. ἄναλκις μᾶλλον ἢ μιαιφόνος Id. Pr. 868.
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