κλαίω

A. κλαίοισθα Il. 24.619: Att. impf. ἔκλαον, Ep. κλαῖον Od. 10.201, Ion. κλαίεσκον Il. 8.364, Hdt. 3.119, A. Fr. 312: fut. κλαύσομαι, 2 sg. κλαύσῃ or κλαύσει, Il. 18.340, Ar. V. 1327 (lyr.), Nu. 58, 933 (anap.), E. Cyc. 554, etc., rarely κλαυσοῦμαι Ar. Pax 1081, 1277 (in mock heroic verses); Att. also κλαιήσω Hyp. Dem.Fr. 10, κλαήσω D. 19.310, 21.99, later κλαύσω Theoc. 23.34, D.H. 4.70, Ev.Jo. 16.20, Man. 3.143: aor. ἔκλαυσα, Ep. κλαῦσα Od. 3.261:—Med., aor. ἐκλαυσάμην S. Tr. 153, AP 7.412 (Alc. Mess.):—Pass., fut. κλαυσθήσομαι LXX Ps. 77(78).64, κεκλαύσομαι Ar. Nu. 1436: aor. ἐκλαύσθην Lyc. 831, J. AJ 8.11.1 (v.l. κλαυθείς), IG 14.2128: pf. κέκλαυμαι A. Ch. 687, S. OT 1490, κέκλαυσμαι Lyc. 273, Plu. 2.115b. [κλάω [α] is recognized as Att. by A.D. Adv. 187.26, and is found in codd. of Ar. Av. 341, Pl. Lg. 792a, Phlb. 48a: ἔκλαε in later poetry, Theoc. 14.32, dub. in Hermesian. 7.33 (cf. κλέω A).] (κλαv‐ψω, cf. κλαυ‐θμός, etc.)

I. intr., cry, wail, lament, of any loud expression of pain or sorrow, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως Od. 10.201; πρὸς οὐρανόν Il. 8.364; τῆς ἄρα κλαιούσης ὄπα σύνθετο Od. 20.92; for the dead, Il. 19.297, etc.; ἀμφὶ δὲ σὲ Τρῳαὶ καὶ Δαρδανίδες κλαύσονται 18.340; κλαίοντα καὶ ὀδυρόμενον Pl. R. 388b, etc.; διὰ τί οἱ κλαίοντες ὀξὺ φθέγγονται; Arist. Pr. 900a20; δάκρυσι κ. D.C. 59.27; of infants, Sor. 1.107, al.; of crying for joy, κλαῖον δὲ λιγέως, ἁδινώτερον ἤ τ’ οἰωνοί κτλ. Od. 16.216, cf. Eust. 1799.57.

2. αὐτὸν κλαίοντα ἀφήσω 1 shall send him home crying, howling, i.e. well beaten, Il. 2.263: freq.in Att., κλαύσεται he shall howl, i.e. he shall suffer for it, Ar. V. 1327 (lyr.), Pl. 174, al.; κλαύσομαι Id. Nu. 58; κλαύσει μακρά you shall howl loudly, i.e. suffer severely, Id. Pax 255, cf. 1277; κλαύσῃ φιλῶν τὸν οἶνον E. Cyc. 554; κλάοις ἄν, εἰ ψαύσειας A. Supp. 925; κλαίων to your sorrow or loss, at your peril, S. OT 401, 1152, Ant. 754; κλάων ἅψῃ τῶνδε E. Heracl. 270, cf. Hipp. 1086; δεῦρ’ ἔλθ’ ἵνα κλάῃς Ar. Nu. 58; κλάειν ἔγωγέ σε λέγω (opp. χαίρειν σοι λέγω) Id. Pl. 62, cf. Hdt. 4.127; κλάειν εἴπωμεν Eup. 363; κλάειν κελεύων Λάμαχον Ar. Ach. 1131; κλάειν σε μακρὰ κελεύσας Id. Eq. 433; σέ δ’ ἐᾶν κλάειν μακρὰ τὴν κεφαλήν suffer terribly in the head, Id. Pl. 612 (anap.), cf.V. 584.

II. trans., weep for, lament, κλαῖεν ἔπειτ’ Ὀδυσῆα, φίλον πόσιν Od. 1.363, cf. Il. 20.210; τι A. Ag. 890, S. El. 1117; τὰ αὑτοῦ πάθη Plu. Alc. 33:— Pass., to be mourned or lamented, ἀνδρὸς εὖ κεκλαυμένου A. Ch. 687: impers., μάτην ἐμοὶ κεκλαύσεται Ar. Nu. 1436.

2. cry for, of infants, μάμμας καὶ τιτθάς Arr. Epict. 2.16.39.

III. Med., bewail oneself, weep aloud, A. Th. 920 (lyr.): pf. part. Pass. κεκλαυμένος bathed in tears, Id. Ch. 457 (lyr.), 731, S. OT 1490.

2. trans., bewail to oneself, πάθη . . πόλλ’ ἔγωγ’ ἐκλαυσάμην Id. Tr. 153; κλαιόμενα τάδε βρέφη σφαγάς A. Ag. 1096 (lyr.).