κυέω

κυέω, older and more Att. form of κύω, Il. 23.266, etc. (Aeol.(?) part. fem. κύεσσα Hsch.; Arc. κύενσα IG 5(2).514.12 (Lycosura); Coan κυεῦσα Schwyzer 251 B 3, written κυεοσα ib.A 61 (iv/iii B.C.)): impf. 3sg.ἐκύει Il. 19.117: fut.κυήσω Hp. Mul. 1.17, Steril. 214, κυήσομαι v.l. in Mul. 1.76: aor. ἐκύησα Ar. Th. 641, Pl. Smp. 203c, etc.: pf. κεκύηκα Philem. 107, D.C. 45.1, S.E. P. 2.106:—Med., v. infr.:—Pass., fut. -ηθήσομαι Gal. UP 16.10: aor. ἐκυήθην Plu. 2.567f: pf. κεκύηται Porph. Abst. 1.54:—A. bear in the womb, be pregnant with, ἐκύει φίλον υἱόν Il. 19.117; of a mare, βρέφος ἡμίονον κυέουσα 23.266: metaph., of the soul, κυοῦσι γὰρ πάντες . . καὶ κατὰ τὸ σῶμα καὶ κατὰ τὴν ψυχήν Pl. Smp. 206c; ἐκύησε τὸν Ἔρωτα ib.203c; ἃ κυεῖ περὶ ἐπιστήμης [the thoughts] with which he is in travail . . , Id. Tht. 184b, cf. 210b; ἂ τῇ ψυχῇ προσήκει καὶ κυῆσαι καὶ κυεῖν (v.l. τεκεῖν) both to have conceived and to bring forth, Id. Smp. 209a:—Pass., of the embryo or foetus, Id. Lg. 789a, Epin. 973d, Arist. GA 777a23; of fruits, to be formed, Thphr. HP 4.2.4:—Med., bring forth, Opp. C. 3.22; ἡ κεκυημένη, Lat.foeta, Et. Gud. s.v. κοκίας: metaph., τὰς εὐτυχεῖς ὠδῖνας κυησαμένη Him. Or. 7.4. b. in Botany, produce flowers, Thphr. HP 6.4.8. 2. abs., to be big or pregnant, conceive, ἐκύησε Hdt. 5.41; στεριφὴ γάρ εἰμι κοὐκ ἐκύησα πώποτε Ar. Th. 641, cf.Lys. 745, Men. Sam. 303, etc.; κυέουσαν ἐκ τοῦ προτέρου ἀνδρός Hdt. 6.68, cf. And. 1.125, Lys. 13.42; γυνὴ κυεῖ δέκα μῆνας; Men. 413; πενθʼ ἕτη ἐκύησε IG 42(1).121.3 (Epid.). (Cf. κύω, Skt. śváyati ‘swell’, Lat.inciens ‘pregnant’.)