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κύω (kuō) to sire ^G:V

κύω,

post-[Refs 8th c.BC+]:

__I in present and imperfect, of females, conceive, Λάβδα κύει τέξει δὲ κτλ. Oracle texts cited in [κύω μῆνα ὄγδοον ἤδη 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “DMeretr.” 2.1; κ. ἀπό τινος [prev. author] “Gall.” 19: \_metaphorically\_, κύει πόλις ἥδε 6th c.BC: Theognis Elegiacus 39. ">Refs 6th c.BC+]
__I.2 rarely c.accusative, to be pregnant with, οὐδὲ κύουσι πολλὰ κυήματα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, to be borne in the womb, τὰ κυόμενα παιδία [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__II in aorist active ἔκῡσα, causal, of the male, impregnate, metaphorically, ὄμβρος ἔκυσε γαῖαν [Refs 4th c.BC+] —aorist middle ἐκῡσάμην, of the female, conceive, οὓς τέκε κυσαμένη [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ζηνί by Zeus, [Refs 7th c.BC+] —The forms κυέω and κύω seem synonymous, but κυέω (κυῶ) is the better-attested form in Attic dialect Prose (κύοντα only variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+] is read in [Refs 4th c.BC+] (variant -ούμενον) [Refs] ls.59.13).—The present κύω has ῠ in verse, but forms of κῠέω can be restored by altering the accent.—The causal sense belongs only to the aorist ἔκῡσα.