ἐκύομεν

ἐκύ̱ομεν, κύω

conceive: imperf ind act 1st pl

ἐκύ̱ομεν, κύω

conceive: imperf ind act 1st pl

κύω, post-Hom. form of κυέω ([tense] aor. 1 in [dialect] Ep., v. infr. 11):

I in [tense] pres. and [tense] impf., of females, conceive, Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ. Orac. ap. Hdt.5.92.β, cf. Ar.Fr. 609, Pl.Lg. 789e, etc.;

κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη Luc.DMeretr.2.1

;

κ. ἀπό τινος Id.Gall.19

: metaph.,

κύει πόλις ἥδε Thgn.39

.

2 rarely c.acc., to be pregnant with,

οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα Arist.HA 543b22

;

παιδίον Luc.DMeretr.2.4

: metaph., ἡ ψυχή μου ἀεὶ τοῦτο κύουσα (al. κυοῦσα)

διῆγεν X.Cyr.5.4.35

:—[voice] Pass., to be borne in the womb,

τὰ κυόμενα παιδία Arist.Pr. 860a21

, Jul.Or.2.99c.

II in [tense] aor. [voice] Act. ἔκῡσα, causal, of the male, impregnate, metaph.,

ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν A.Fr.44.4

:—[tense] aor. [voice] Med. ἐκῡσάμην, of the female, conceive,

οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη Hes.Th. 125

, cf. 405, h.Hom.1.4; Ζηνί by Zeus, Asius Fr.Ep.1.3 K.;

ὅσσους.. Τυφάονι κύσατο Κητώ Euph.112

.—The forms κυέω and κύω seem synonymous, but κυέω ([etym.] κυῶ ) is the better-attested form in [dialect] Att. Prose ( κύοντα only v.l. in Pl. Tht. 151b, κύοντες is read in Arist.HA 544a23 (v.l. κύονες, ποιοῦντες) , κύοντα ib. 585a3, κυόμενα (v.l. - ούμενα) Pr.l.c., κυόμενον (v.l. - ούμενον) GA 730b4, but

κυοῦντες HA 610b3

;

ἐκύομεν LXX

ls.59.13).—The [tense] pres. κύω has [pron. full] ῠ in verse, but forms of κῠέω can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the [tense] aor. ἔκῡσα.

κύω impf. 1 pl. ἐκύομεν Is 59:13; fut. 2 pl. κυήσεσθε Is 33:11 Sym.; aor. 3 sg. (Att.) ἐκύησεν (Mel., P. 52, 386); aor. pass. ptc. n. pl. κυηθέντων (Ath., R. 17 p. 69, 8) (later form of κυέω; Hom. Hymns et al.; PSI 167, 19 [II B.C.]; Is 59:4, 13; Philo; Joseph.) conceive, become pregnant (Jos., Ant. 1, 257) τῷ στόματι through the mouth, of the weasel B 10:8 (for the idea s. Windisch, Hdb. ad loc., and the passages given under γαλῆ; also TDuncan, The Weasel in Myths, Superstition and Religion: Washington Univ. Studies, Humanistic Ser. XII 1925, 33ff).—DELG s.v. κυέω I.