κλα(ι)ήσω

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `lament, bewail, weep over'.

Other forms: Att. also κλά̄ω (Schwyzer 266), aor. κλαῦσαι (Il.), pass. κλαυ(σ)θῆναι (Lyc., J.), fut. κλαύσομαι (Il.), κλαύσω (Theoc.), κλα(ι)ήσω (Att.; vgl. Chantraine BSL 28, 15), also κλαυσούμεθα? (Ar. Pax 1081; cf. Schwyzer 786), perf. κέκλαυμαι (A., S.), - σμαι (Lyl., Plu.), fut. κεκλαύσομαι (Ar.),

Compounds: rarely with prefix like μετα-, συν-,

Derivatives: 1. κλαυθμός `weeping' (Il.) with several derivv.: κλαυθμώδης `suffocated from weeping' (Hp.), κλαυθμηρός `weeping' (sch.), κλαυθμών `place for weeping' (LXX); κλαυθμυρίζομαι, - ίζω `moan' (Hp., [Pl.] Ax.), expressive cross of κλαυθμός and μύρομαι with ending after the verbs in - ίζομαι (cf. Schwyzer 644), with κλαυθμυρισμός (Is., Plu.). - 2. κλαύματα pl. `moaning, lamenting' (Att.), κλαύσματα (Porph.). - 3. κλαυμοναί pl. `id.' (Pl. Lg. 792a; after Stob. κλαυθμοναί [s. on 1.]; cf. πημοναί). - 4. κλαῦσις `weeping' (hell.) with κλαυσιάω `long to weep' (Ar. Pl. 1099), κλαυσί-γελως m. `with weeping combined laughing' (X.) - 5. κλαυστήρ `cryer' (Man.) and κλαυστικός (Apoll. Lex.); κλαυ(σ)τός (A., S.). - Quite uncertain is the present κλαύθονται ( PTeb. 3, 7; Epigramm; poetical momentary formation?, cf. Schwyzer 703).

Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [599]. PGX [probably a word of Pre-Greek origin] * klau- `weep'

Etymology: From κλαύ-σομαι, κλαυ-θμός a. o. we see a present *κλάϜ-ι̯ω. - A connection gives only Alb. klanj, kanj `weep' from *klau-n-i̯ō 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?

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