ἐπί-κλοπος

Grammatical information: v.

Meaning: `steal, conceal, do secretly, cheat, deceive'.

Other forms: Aor. κλέψαι (Il.), pass. κλεφθῆναι (Hdt., E.), κλαπῆναι (Th., Pl.), ptc. κλεπείς (pap. II^p), fut. κλέψω (h. Merc.), perf. κέκλοφα (Att.), ptc. κεκλεβώς (Andania I^a; hyperdialectic?, Schwyzer 722), midd. κέκλεμμαι (S.), κέκλαμμαι (Ar.),

Compounds: also with prefix as ἀπο-, ἐκ-, δια-, ὑπο-. As 2. member in βοῦ-κλεψ (S. Fr. 318), as 1. member in governing compounds, e. g. κλεψί-φρων `guileful' (Hermes, h. Merc.); from κλέψαι, cf. Knecht Τερψίμβροτος 38, Zumbach Neuerungen 21; on κλεψύδρα s. v.

Derivatives: A. With ε-vowel: κλέπος n. `theft' (Sol. ap. Poll. 8, 34). 2. κλέμμα `theft, deceit, ruse of war' (Att.) with κλεμμάδιος `stolen' (Pl.; after ἀμφάδιος, κρυπτάδιος, Chantraine Formation 39). 3. κλεπία κλοπή (Phot.). 4. κλέπτης m. `thieve' (Il.), superl. κλεπτίστατος (Ar.; Leumann Mus. Helv. 2, 10ff.). Diminut. κλεπτίσκος (Eup.), - τάριον (Charis.), joking Patronym. κλεπτίδης (Pherecr.); fem. κλέπτις (Alciphr.), κλέπτρια (Sotad. Com.; formally from κλεπτήρ, Fraenkel Nom. ag. 1, 75); adj. κλεπτικός `thievish' (Pl., Luc.); abstract κλεπτο-σύνη `thievishness' (τ 396, Man.; Porzig Satzinhalte 226, Wyss - συνη 25). 5. κλεπτήρ `thieve' (Man.; cf. Fraenkel 1, 75). 6. κλέπιμος `smuggled' (pap. III^a; hardly with Arbenz Die Adj. auf - ιμος 100 to the old and rare κλέπος but rather from κλόπιμος with ε after κλέπτω); 7. κλεψιμαῖος `won through theft' (LXX; juridical term, Chantraine Mél. Maspero 2, 220; *κλέψις only as 1. member). - B. With ο-vowel. 1. κλοπή `theft, secret act' (trag., att.) with κλοπαῖος `won through theft' (Att.), κλόπιμος `id., thievish' (Ps.-Phoc.), - ιμαῖος = κλεψιμαῖος (s. above; Luc., Ant. Lib.), κλοπικός `thievish' (Hermes, Pl. Kra. 407e; cf. Chantraine Ét. sur le vocab. gr. 142); ἐπί-κλοπος `deceitful' (Il.; Porzig Satzinhalte 249) with ἐπικλοπίη (Nonn.); Έπικλόπειος surn. of Zeus (H.); ὑπό-κλοπος, s. below 2. κλοπός `thieve' (h. Merc. 276, Opp.) with κλόπιος `deceitful, thievish' (ν 295, AP, APl.). 3. κλοπεύς `thieve, secret author' (S.) with κλοπεύω `plunder' (App.), κλοπεία (Str.; v. l. - ω-), - εῖον `stolen good' (Max.). 4. iteratives present ὑπο-κλοπέοιτο `conceal oneself' (χ 382; ὑπο-κλέπτειν Pi., ὑπό-κλοπος `deceitful, false' B.; cf. Schwyzer-Debrunner 524). - C. With ω-vowel. 1. κλώψ `thieve' (Hdt., E., X.) with κλωπικός `secretly' (E. Rh. 205 a. 512; Chantraine Ét. 119), κλωπήϊος `id.' (A.R., Max.), κλωπεύω (X., Luc.), - εία (Att.); 2. iteratives present κλωπάομαι = κλέπτομαι (H.).

Origin: IE [Indo-European] [604] * klep- `steal'

Etymology: With the aorist κλέψαι agrees exactly Lat. clepsī; against the τ-(Jot-)present κλέπτω Latin and Germanic have a prob. older (Schwyzer 704) thematic root present Lat. clepō = Goth. hlifan `steal'. An isolated nominal deriv. is perh. preserved in MIr. cluain `deceit, flattery' \< * klop-ni-. Note with diff. anlaut Lith. slepiù, slẽpti `conceal'; from skl-?, or rather a cross or rhyming formation? - Not to καλύπτω (s. v.). W.-Hofmann s. clepō, Feist Vgl. Wb. d. got. Spr. s. hlifan.

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